A versatile and inventive vocalist and composer
We Nicky
Schrire , vocalist, composer and educator.
"I was a child that always played music in the house, in the car. I watch a lot of musical videos, TCM movie and my mother was incredibly encouraging of her children learning about different art forms . Hence we can play the music ; I just switch from musicals, but the decision to study it came about, because I loved it and I never really considered studying anything else and my parents were very supportive" Nicky Schire.
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Nicky Schrire is a versatile and
inventive vocalist and composer whose work has earned her comparisons to
artists like Joni Mitchell, Tori Amos, and Esperanza Spalding. She has
performed in New York, Los Angeles, Boston, London, Dublin and South Africa,
with musicians ranging from Abdullah Ibrahim, Arno Carstens, and Sibongile
Khumalo, to Grammy-nominated pianists Gerald Clayton and Gil Goldstein.
"I was a child that always played music in the house, in the car. I watch a lot of musical videos, TCM movie and my mother was incredibly encouraging of her children learning about different art forms . Hence we can play the music ; I just switch from musicals, but the decision to study it came about, because I loved it and I never really considered studying anything else and my parents were very supportive" Nicky Schire.
She received her Bachelor of Music Degree from the University of Cape Town and her
Masters Degree from New York's Manhattan School of Music where she studied with
Peter Eldridge, Theo Bleckmann and Dave Liebman. She released three critically
acclaimed jazz albums-2012's "Freedom Flight", 2013's "Space and
Time", and the 2014 EP "To The Spring"-which earned her
comparisons to songwriters like Joan Baez, Becca Stevens, and Mary Chapin
Carpenter. With this encouragement, and her jazz stylings borrowing more and
more from the folk genre, she recorded a singer-songwriter EP entitled "An
Education".
Nicky is also an
educator with over ten years of teaching experience in various contexts
including private vocal instruction, workshops and master classes. She
According to her "Many people who are successful in the art and the music industry and they didn't all get there at the same way and so I don't necessarily diminish someone who is getting a constant income from their music and doing really well, but they don't have a full educational degree. I don't think it's necessary for everyone, but personally it has been absolutely invaluable and it is allowed me to explore different colours and it's allowed me to play with people and to kind of hold my own. I know how to prepare I know how to perform I mean I'm still learning everyday. I get okay with people who are better than me and it makes me a better musician and performer so personally I think education is a great thing but there are other ways to get the foreshore".
Website: www.nickyschrire.com
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