Nicole was born and raised in West Palm Beach, Florida. A creative from a very young age Nicole started singing at age 8 and has pursued an every expanding range of musical interests ever since. Taking a very strong interest in classical voice and opera Nicole attended both Middle school and High school of the Arts studying voice and has had the honor of studying at such prestigious summer programs as The Washington National Opera, Boston Tanglewood Institute, and Brevard Summer Music...
Nicole was born and raised in West Palm Beach, Florida. A creative from a very young age Nicole started singing at age 8 and has pursued an every expanding range of musical interests ever since. Taking a very strong interest in classical voice and opera Nicole attended both Middle school and High school of the Arts studying voice and has had the honor of studying at such prestigious summer programs as The Washington National Opera, Boston Tanglewood Institute, and Brevard Summer Music Festival. Nicole has won several well known vocal competitions such as the Hal Leonard Vocal Competition, and a finalist in the Classical Singer Summer Competition. She also studied as an apprentice in the Palm Beach Opera Apprenticeship program for two years (2016-17), working with the Palm Beach Opera staff and professionals in the industry to hone her craft and perform along side some incredible voices. After returning home winter break of 2018 she worked as an Intern with the Palm Beach Opera Education and Community Outreach department to organize community outreach events, and promote music in the community.
Not only studying voice, Nicole has 5 years of classical and electric guitar, piano, and composition experience and 8 years of music theory. After moving to Chicago to study musical composition at DePaul University, Nicole has gained experience composing for small and large ensembles, film scoring, writing electronic music, and small solo pieces.
Nicole has also started her own band Violet Meridian, inspired by artists and bands such as Hiatus Kaiyote, Jaala, and Bent Knee. She been working very hard to put together a psychedelic jazz 3 song EP that her band will be releasing end of July.
Music Composition - 7 years
Experience teaching, and writing music on sheet music, Finale software, Ableton, and film scoring in some video softwares.
Guitar - 5 years
Experience with math rock, jazz, and indie rock styles.
Voice - 10 years
Intensive experience as an opera singer for 9 years. @ years of experience with
