Biography:
Nick Ashwood is a composer and performer of contemporary experimental music, from nipaluna/Tasmanian. Nick’s practice explores the possibilities of the steel-string acoustic through means of just intonation, preparations, deep listening and harmonic space. Nick has performed and recorded with a diverse array of artists such as Laura Altman, Jim Denley, Robbie Avenaim, Annette Krebs, Amanda Stewart, Splinter Orchestra and Chris Abrahams, amongst others. Nick has toured throughout Australia and New Zealand and performed at a number of large festivals across Australia including Dark Mofo, Sound out, Mona Foma, The Now Now and Avantwhatever.
Education:
2018 – The University of Tasmania, Masters of Music,
2017 – the University of Tasmania, Bachelor of Music with Honours
Selected performances:
2021 – Make It Up Club, Vic – trio with Robbie Avenaim and Dale Gorfinkel
2021 – New music classics, Vic – Solo
2021 – Ghostlights Brunswick Mechanics Institute, Vic – duo with Lily Tait
2021 – Mono – Poly Liquid Architecture, Vic – Solo
2021 – Make It Up Club, Vic duo with Michael McNab
2021 – Quiet Noise, Vic Clinton Green, Michael McNab
2021 – Avalon Bar Vic Clinton Green Relativity/Only – solo and trio
2020 – Speakeasy Nsw with Chris Abrahams ( The Necks ) Jim Denley and Romy Caen
2020 – Sound out, Act – 180º (Jim Denley & Amanda Stewart) & quintet with (Annette Krebs, Rhys Butler and Laura Altman)
2020 – Make It Up Club online concert #14 – Duo with Laura Altman
2020 – Avantwhatever festival, Vic – Splinter Orchestra, Gesture & Suerte
2020 – Make It Up Club online concert Splinter Orchestra
2020 – Liquid Architecture, Disclaimer, Vic – proposals from the future – score club
2019 – Audio Foundation Tour of New Zealand, Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch – 180º (Jim Denley & Amanda Stewart)
2019 – Inland series, Vic – 180º (Jim Denley & Amanda Stewart)
2018 – Mona Foma Festival, Tas – Trio with Jim Denley & Roseland Hall
2018 – Ah Um festival, Tas – Soundwalk performance with Dale Gorfinkel & Jim Denley
2018 – Mona Museum of Old and New Art, Tas – trio with Isabelle Duthoit (FRA) & Franz Hautzinger (AUT)
2018 – Nights at Tempe #12, Syd – Duo with Laura Altman
2017 – Dark Mofo -Panopticon Tas – Solo performance
2017 – Mona Museum of Old and New Art, Tas – Duo with Jason Karn
2017 – Sonic series – Peacock Theatre, Tas – Duo with Robbie Avinaim
2017 – Bundanon Trust Siteworks, Syd – The Splinter Orchestra
2017 – Mona Museum of Old and New Art, Tas – Trio with Cor Fuhler & Jim Denley
Selected Discography:
2021 – Romy Caen, Nick Ashwood and Jim Denley – Between Back and Foreground – Caterpliller/Splitrec
2020 – Laura Altman & Nick Ashwood – Battery – Caterpliller/Splitrec
2020 – Alexandra Spence / Dale Gorfinkel / Nick Ashwood – By the Creek – Caterpliller/Splitrec
2020 – Splinter Orchestra – Dandry Gorge – Caterpliller/Splitrec
2020 – Johnny Chang – Harmoniumwörth – Partitions & Resonances
2020 – Nick Ashwood – Unfolding/Overlay – Inexhaustible Editions
2019 – 180º ( Jim Denley & Amanda Stewart) – Submental – Splitrec
Video work:
2021 – Dale Gorfinkel, Robbie Avenaim and Nick Ashwood – Make it up club
2020 – Solo Piano – Make it up Club
2020 – Nick Ashwood & Laura Altman – Make It Up Club
2020 – Splinter Orchestra, Gesture & Suerte
2019 – Nick Ashwood Unfolding/Overlay
2018 – 180º Live at Moonah Arts Centre – Hobart
2018 – Splinter Orchestra at the Pilliga
Reviews:
Compositions:
2020 – Gesture & Suerte The Splinter Orchestra
2020 – Proposals from the future – score club
2020 – For Aviva Endean
2020 – Vertical Harmony
2019 – Unfolding/Overlay for two or more bowed acoustic guitars
2018 – Dandry Gorge with the Splinter Orchestra
2017 – Spoke for the Splinter Orchestra
Residencies:
2021 – Melbourne Electronic Sound Studio PD 12 week class
2018 – Pilliga forest week-long recordings with the Splinter Orchestra, SYD
2018 – Tone list Sounding together, WA
2017 – Siteworks Bundanon trust weeklong Siteworks project with the Splinter Orchestra, SYD
Teaching:
2018-2019 – University of Tasmania riawunna centre in which I worked one on one torturing Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander students that were studying at the conservatorium of music.
2019 – Sonic Improvisation Workshop with Jim Denley and Amanda Stewart (TAS)
2019 – Audio Foundation Improvisation Workshop in New Zealand with Jim Denley and Amanda Stewart
2018 – Sonic Improvisation Workshop with Isabelle Duthoit (FRA) and Franz Hautzinger (AUT) (TAS)
2017 – Sonic Improvisation Workshop with Cor Fuhler (TAS)
Selected Curated Events:
2020/2021 – Nights at Tempe, SYD
2019 – Splinter Magic festival, SYD
2019 – Make it up Club, Splitrec Night, MEL
2016- 2019 – Sonic improvised music series 1- 15, TAS
2018 – Ah Um festival Jazz and improvised music, cinema one Hobart, TAS
Biography:
Nick Ashwood is a composer and performer of contemporary experimental music, from nipaluna/Tasmanian. Nick’s practice explores the possibilities of the steel-string acoustic through means of just intonation, preparations, deep listening and harmonic space. Nick has performed and recorded with a diverse array of artists such as Laura Altman, Jim Denley, Robbie Avenaim, Annette Krebs, Amanda Stewart, Splinter Orchestra and Chris Abrahams, amongst others. Nick has toured throughout Australia and New Zealand and performed at a number of large festivals across Australia including Dark Mofo, Sound out, Mona Foma, The Now Now and Avantwhatever.
Education:
2018 – The University of Tasmania, Masters of Music,
2017 – the University of Tasmania, Bachelor of Music with Honours
Selected performances:
2021 – Make It Up Club, Vic – trio with Robbie Avenaim and Dale Gorfinkel
2021 – New music classics, Vic – Solo
2021 – Ghostlights Brunswick Mechanics Institute, Vic – duo with Lily Tait
2021 – Mono – Poly Liquid Architecture, Vic – Solo
2021 – Make It Up Club, Vic duo with Michael McNab
2021 – Quiet Noise, Vic Clinton Green, Michael McNab
2021 – Avalon Bar Vic Clinton Green Relativity/Only – solo and trio
2020 – Speakeasy Nsw with Chris Abrahams ( The Necks ) Jim Denley and Romy Caen
2020 – Sound out, Act – 180º (Jim Denley & Amanda Stewart) & quintet with (Annette Krebs, Rhys Butler and Laura Altman)
2020 – Make It Up Club online concert #14 – Duo with Laura Altman
2020 – Avantwhatever festival, Vic – Splinter Orchestra, Gesture & Suerte
2020 – Make It Up Club online concert Splinter Orchestra
2020 – Liquid Architecture, Disclaimer, Vic – proposals from the future – score club
2019 – Audio Foundation Tour of New Zealand, Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch – 180º (Jim Denley & Amanda Stewart)
2019 – Inland series, Vic – 180º (Jim Denley & Amanda Stewart)
2018 – Mona Foma Festival, Tas – Trio with Jim Denley & Roseland Hall
2018 – Ah Um festival, Tas – Soundwalk performance with Dale Gorfinkel & Jim Denley
2018 – Mona Museum of Old and New Art, Tas – trio with Isabelle Duthoit (FRA) & Franz Hautzinger (AUT)
2018 – Nights at Tempe #12, Syd – Duo with Laura Altman
2017 – Dark Mofo -Panopticon Tas – Solo performance
2017 – Mona Museum of Old and New Art, Tas – Duo with Jason Karn
2017 – Sonic series – Peacock Theatre, Tas – Duo with Robbie Avinaim
2017 – Bundanon Trust Siteworks, Syd – The Splinter Orchestra
2017 – Mona Museum of Old and New Art, Tas – Trio with Cor Fuhler & Jim Denley
Selected Discography:
2021 – Romy Caen, Nick Ashwood and Jim Denley – Between Back and Foreground – Caterpliller/Splitrec
2020 – Laura Altman & Nick Ashwood – Battery – Caterpliller/Splitrec
2020 – Alexandra Spence / Dale Gorfinkel / Nick Ashwood – By the Creek – Caterpliller/Splitrec
2020 – Splinter Orchestra – Dandry Gorge – Caterpliller/Splitrec
2020 – Johnny Chang – Harmoniumwörth – Partitions & Resonances
2020 – Nick Ashwood – Unfolding/Overlay – Inexhaustible Editions
2019 – 180º ( Jim Denley & Amanda Stewart) – Submental – Splitrec
Video work:
2021 – Dale Gorfinkel, Robbie Avenaim and Nick Ashwood – Make it up club
2020 – Solo Piano – Make it up Club
2020 – Nick Ashwood & Laura Altman – Make It Up Club
2020 – Splinter Orchestra, Gesture & Suerte
2019 – Nick Ashwood Unfolding/Overlay
2018 – 180º Live at Moonah Arts Centre – Hobart
2018 – Splinter Orchestra at the Pilliga
Reviews:
Compositions:
2020 – Gesture & Suerte The Splinter Orchestra
2020 – Proposals from the future – score club
2020 – For Aviva Endean
2020 – Vertical Harmony
2019 – Unfolding/Overlay for two or more bowed acoustic guitars
2018 – Dandry Gorge with the Splinter Orchestra
2017 – Spoke for the Splinter Orchestra
Residencies:
2021 – Melbourne Electronic Sound Studio PD 12 week class
2018 – Pilliga forest week-long recordings with the Splinter Orchestra, SYD
2018 – Tone list Sounding together, WA
2017 – Siteworks Bundanon trust weeklong Siteworks project with the Splinter Orchestra, SYD
Teaching:
2018-2019 – University of Tasmania riawunna centre in which I worked one on one torturing Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander students that were studying at the conservatorium of music.
2019 – Sonic Improvisation Workshop with Jim Denley and Amanda Stewart (TAS)
2019 – Audio Foundation Improvisation Workshop in New Zealand with Jim Denley and Amanda Stewart
2018 – Sonic Improvisation Workshop with Isabelle Duthoit (FRA) and Franz Hautzinger (AUT) (TAS)
2017 – Sonic Improvisation Workshop with Cor Fuhler (TAS)
Selected Curated Events:
2020/2021 – Nights at Tempe, SYD
2019 – Splinter Magic festival, SYD
2019 – Make it up Club, Splitrec Night, MEL
2016- 2019 – Sonic improvised music series 1- 15, TAS
2018 – Ah Um festival Jazz and improvised music, cinema one Hobart, TAS
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