Nicole Russell is a Brooklyn based composer, pianist, vocalist, teacher, and producer. Her work is exploratory and harmonically adventurous, and is often inspired by nature, mental health, gender issues and race. She is originally from Austin, Texas.
Her work was featured on the Calliope’s Call “Sounds of Unity” program and the 2019 Women in Music Festival on the campus of the Mississippi University for Women. She was also a selected student composer for the 2019 CISUM Percussion Workshop in New York City, and has had works performed by Transient Canvas, Hypercube, and the JACK quartet. Recently Nicole was named a recipient of the Charles Ives Scholarship from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Nicole is an active musician and producer, and has a background in teaching private lessons in piano, voice, and composition. She previously worked at Central Christian Church in San Antonio, Texas, singing alto in the Chancel Choir and also played with the Handbell Choir.
Nicole completed her bachelor’s degree in Music Composition at the University of Texas at San Antonio, and received her master’s in Music Theory and Composition at New York University. Her past teachers include, Julia Wolfe, Joan La Barbara, Morton Subotnick, Ethan Wickman, James Syler, and Andrew Lloyd.
Her work was featured on the Calliope’s Call “Sounds of Unity” program and the 2019 Women in Music Festival on the campus of the Mississippi University for Women. She was also a selected student composer for the 2019 CISUM Percussion Workshop in New York City, and has had works performed by Transient Canvas, Hypercube, and the JACK quartet. Recently Nicole was named a recipient of the Charles Ives Scholarship from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Nicole is an active musician and producer, and has a background in teaching private lessons in piano, voice, and composition. She previously worked at Central Christian Church in San Antonio, Texas, singing alto in the Chancel Choir and also played with the Handbell Choir.
Nicole completed her bachelor’s degree in Music Composition at the University of Texas at San Antonio, and received her master’s in Music Theory and Composition at New York University. Her past teachers include, Julia Wolfe, Joan La Barbara, Morton Subotnick, Ethan Wickman, James Syler, and Andrew Lloyd.