Mike Nock : Represented Artist
|
Random Audio Sample: Solstice : small jazz ensemble by Mike Nock, from the CD Kindred |
- Browse works by Mike Nock
- Browse recordings available to purchase featuring music by Mike Nock
- Browse articles by and about Mike Nock
- Browse events featuring music by Mike Nock
Artist website: http://www.mikenock.com
Born in Christchurch, New Zealand, September 27th, 1940,
pianist/composer/educator Mike Nock played his first concert in
1951. His career since then has seen him perform and record with
many of the world's top musicians in a wide range of contemporary
musical styles. In the process he has become widely recognised as
a leading jazz pianist/composer, initially through his seminal
and influential Jazz-Rock group The Fourth Way, then later
through his extensive catalogue of recordings and
compositions.
Although best known as a jazz musician, his compositions
encompass a broad range of instrumentation and style, including
string trios/quartets, woodwind and percussion ensembles, large
orchestral works, solo piano music, piano music for four hands,
electronic scores and a large library of music for every size
jazz group from solo pianist to big band.
His music has been commissioned, recorded and performed by a
range of leading classical and jazz musicians and has appeared in
several print editions.
In 2003, he was awarded the New Zealand Order of Merit (ONZM) for
services to jazz, and in 1993, his life and music was the subject
of a 60-minute TVNZ documentary. In 1983 he hosted his own TV
series Nock On Jazz, and, while living in the USA (1961-1985),
received three National Endowment Awards for composition. From
1999-2001 he held a two-year Australian Arts Council Fellowship
and for six years was the music director for Naxos/Jazz,
overseeing the production of more than 60 widely acclaimed CDs,
from all corners of the world.
For more information on Mike Nock, visit www.mikenock.com
Biography provided by the composer — current to March 2009
Awards & Prizes
Year | Award | Placing | Awarded for |
---|---|---|---|
2016 | Art Music Awards: Work of the Year: Jazz | Finalist | Beginning and End of Knowing |
2014 | Don Banks Music Award | Recipient |
Selected Commissions
Work | Commission Details | |
---|---|---|
|
Fictional realities : piano trio (2001) | Commissioned for TRIOS-M for a regional tour of NSW in May 2011 |
Time-lines : a piece in four movements for percussion ensemble and improvising soloist (optional) (1993) | Commissioned by Tall Poppies Foundation for performance by Synergy Percussion. |
Analysis & Media
Book: Serious fun : the life and music of Mike Nock / Norman Meehan.
- Article: Piano genius masters the illusion of improvisation
- Article: Nock and Houstoun the perfect pairing
- Article: Trio boasts familiar faces