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Nigel Sabin : Represented Artist

Random Audio Sample: Sonata for violin and piano : violin with piano by Nigel Sabin, from the CD I read the old dream slowly


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Nigel Sabin studied composition in Adelaide and later in New York.

His music shows a command of traditional harmonic practice coupled with rhythmic buoyancy with some influence from the minimalist movement. It is sometimes humorous and has variously been described by critics as 'engagingly nutty', 'evocatively poetic' and 'sure to convert the enemies of contemporary music'.

From 1995-96, Nigel was composer in residence with the Queensland Symphony Orchestra at which time he wrote his first symphony. Other orchestral works completed during his residency include New York Souvenirs for viola and orchestra, Love Songs for trumpet and orchestra, Nocturnes (fantasy on Home Sweet Home), and An Australian Holiday for clarinet and orchestra. Nigel was invited to take up a teaching post at the Western Australian Conservatorium of Music in 1996. He remained there until 2000 at which time he moved to Sydney.

Nigel Sabin also pursued a career as a clarinettist and performed throughout Australia as a clarinet soloist and orchestral musician with various orchestras and ensembles, including the Adelaide, Tasmanian, West Australian and Queensland Symphony Orchestras, the WA Wind Quintet, the Seymour Group, and Magpie Musicians. He was a founding member and driving force behind the innovative and award-winning chamber music ensemble, Perihelion. Perihelion developed a unique repertoire that reflected a postmodern sensibility with a distinctly Australian flavour. The ensemble commissioned a body of work from Australian composers.

Nigel Sabin holds a first class honours degree in music from the University of Adelaide and a PhD in music from the University of Queensland. He has received several awards and fellowships including a Churchill Fellowship, an Australia Council Composers' Fellowship, an Australia Council International Study Grant, a Jacobena Angliss Award, and an Arts WA Fellowship. His compositions receive regular broadcasts on Australian radio and have been performed by most of Australia's symphony orchestras and leading ensembles. His music has received performances in Europe, Japan and the USA.


Nigel Sabin — current to June 2023

Selected Commissions

  Work Commission Details
Bright shining synchronicities : chamber ensemble (2000) Commissioned by Youth Music Australia.
An Australian holiday : for Bb clarinet, string orchestra and percussion (1997) Written as part of a composer residency with the Queensland Symphony Orchestra
Symphony : full orchestra (1996) Commissioned by Queensland Symphony Orchestra.
Love songs : for trumpet in C and orchestra (1994) Commissioned by Queensland Symphony Orchestra.
Digital sheet music sample Summer music : viola solo (1991) Commissioned by Perihelion.
Inner-city counterpoints : for clarinet, viola (or violin), cello and piano (1989) Commissioned by Perihelion with funds provided by Australia Council.