27/11/2023
16th December Manchester H&H Chanukah with Ruth Nicholson. https://www.outsavvy.com/event/17173/9th-night-of-chanukah-at-partisan-manchester
is a pianist and violinist with a wide portfolio of work including collaborative performance projects, community work, accompaniment, teaching, and recording. Ruth studied at the Junior Royal Northern College of Music during their school years before going on to study Music at Royal Holloway, University of London, where they were awarded an instrumental scholarship that enabled them to study piano at the Royal College of Music. Ruth later gained an MA in Music in Development at SOAS, University of London, with a Mildred Loss studentship awarded by the
Ruth’s musical interests have always been broad, and they particularly enjoy working creatively with other musicians and artists. In 2018 they joined Genevieve Carver and The Unsung, performing their debut show The Unsung at the Edinburgh Fringe that summer and co-writing a new show called A Beautiful Way to be Crazy, which enjoyed a short UK tour in early 2020. The music from this show can be heard here. Since 2020 Ruth has worked with q***r Jewish performance collective Homos and Houmous, composing music for a series of cabaret events, both online and in residence at the Royal Vauxhall Tavern. They are Musical Director for a new theatrical show by Homos and Houmous: Inconsolable, starring Ray Filar and Dex Grodner, which will premiere in London in 2024. Back in Sheffield, Ruth is a member of Emergence Collective, an experimental, post-minimalist improvisation-based project, The Heist ceilidh band, providing folk music for public and private dances, and Heneghan, a wholesome if somewhat melodramatic outfit led by El Heneghan.
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