NICHOLAS WHITE is a Grammy nominated composer and conductor, as well
as a versatile organist, pianist and singer, with experience in many different
styles of music. Nicholas is Artistic Director of Joyful Noise, a choral organization in Northwest Connecticut, and Organist and Choirmaster of Trinity Episcopal Church, Torrington, CT.
He is also Founder and Music Director of Tiffany Consort, the New York City based vocal ensemble. Nicholas
makes frequent appearances as an organist and conductor, and
has a steady stream of commissions from choirs and organists throughout the United States.
Born in London, England, he received his early
musical training as a treble chorister. He held his first organist and
choirmaster position at the age of fifteen, going on to become organ scholar of
Clare College, Cambridge, from 1986-1989.
Since coming to the U.S. in 1989, Nicholas has held
various positions in churches, colleges and schools. From 1994-1998 he was
Assistant Organist and Choirmaster of Washington National Cathedral in
Washington, DC, and was also Keyboard Artist for the Cathedral Choral Society.
He was Music Director and Conductor of the Woodley Ensemble, one of Washington’s premiere chamber choirs, from 1997-2000, and
was Organist and Choirmaster of St. Michael’s Church, New York City, and Artistic Director of St. Michael’s
Music and Arts from 1998 – 2005. From 2006-2007 Nicholas was Organist and
Choirmaster of All Saints’ Episcopal Church, Philadelphia, PA
and Composer-in-Residence at Philadelphia Cathedral.
In 2003 White founded the Tiffany Consort, a New York City based
ensemble of eight accomplished singers. The group's first CD, "O Magnum
Mysterium" was nominated for a Grammy, and the second CD, "In Sure
and Certain Hope: Choral Music of Nicholas White", was released in
December 2006. White’s busy schedule of concerts during the 2008-2009 season
includes performances – many of which include his own compositions – in New
York City, Boston, Hartford, Philadelphia, Washington DC, Baltimore and Texas,
as well as venues throughout Connecticut.
Nicholas is also an active and critically acclaimed composer,
with music published by Hinshaw, Trinitas, Augsburg Fortress and Oxford
University Press. Recent commissions include a work - "Full Freedom"
- written for the annual choral tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., which
was premiered in January 2002 at The Kennedy Center in Washington DC.
Others include The Hanson Institute for American Music (Eastman School of
Music, Rochester, NY),
Lyric Fest (Philadelphia, PA)
and Christchurch Cathedral, Cincinnati,
OH.
