EDUCATION
Alongside Nikki’s performance schedule she has developed a parallel career as a widely respected teacher – having been nominated for the JAZZ EDUCATION AWARD at the 2007 and 2009 PARLIAMENTARY JAZZ AWARDS. She has acted as a tutor at numerous workshops and Summer Schools around the world, as well as maintaining active links with most of the London music colleges.
PRESENT POSTS
The Royal Academy of Music, London – Piano Professor and ensemble coach 2000 –
Middlesex University, London – Senior Lecturer Jazz Program 1998-
The Guildhall School of Music and Drama – Piano Professor 1998-
Trinity Laban – Visiting ensemble-coaching 2005 –
Bedford school – Jazz piano and ensemble coach 2013-
OTHER EXPERIENCE
Leeds College of Music – Part time Senior Lecturer 1991 – 98
Bretton Hall College, Leeds University – Part time jazz piano teacher 1991 – 96
York University – Part time jazz piano teacher 1994 – 98
York University – Ensemble in Residence – Julian Arguelles Octet 2004-
Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester – Visiting Lecturer/ performer between 2001-2015
Trinity College, London – Part time jazz piano teacher 2002-2005
Leeds College of Music – Emeritus Professor 2015-2017
SELECTED FREELANCE WORK
Glamorgan University Jazz Summer School 1993 – 2017
The Music Institute, Plovdiv, Bulgaria – Visiting Lecturer 1996
Music Conservatoire, Jyvaskyla, Finland – Visiting Lecturer 1997
Associated Board of The Royal Schools of Music (ABRSM), London. Commissioning Editor, Editor and Creative Consultant for the Jazz Syllabus – Horns, Flute and Piano, Grades 1 to 5. Now developing Grades 6-8 in the same capacity. Also involved as a Composer, Arranger and Performer.
The Mediterranean Jazz Summer School, Roujan, France 1995-2005
Burnley Jazz Summer School, Burnley 2000-2008
Perth, Woolongong and Melbourne, Australia – Three four-day courses training teachers, set up by the Professional Development Department of the ABRSM. 2005
Escuela de Musica Seminario de Jazz, La Curuna, Spain 2004-2013
Pete Churchill’s Choral Project, Roujan, France 2005-2010
The Loire Vocal Jazz Summer School, France 2006
Global Music Foundation Summer School, Certaldo, Italy 2007-2009
Trinity College of Music, London, Jazz summer school 2007-2011
Renga (contemporary ensemble from the London Philharmonic Orchestra) Leading Improvisation Workshops with Rufus Ried and Tim Garland 2006 -2010 Featured composer with Renga with Kenny Wheeler, Tim Garland, Stan Sulzmann 2007-2010
International Association of Jazz Educators, Performer – Long Beach, California (2002), and Toronto (2008)
Leading regional workshops as part of the National Youth Jazz Collective, teaching young musicians as well as training teachers 2008-2017
Presenting and mentoring as part of the National Festival for Music for Youth .The Adrian Boult Hall, Birmingham, 2009
Tutor Chethams School of Music, Manchester International Piano Summer School 2010-2017
Sound Thinking Summer School Brisbane 2012-2013
The Dordogne Jazz Summer school, France (2015- 2016)
EXAMINING
1997 – 2000 External Examiner – Royal Scottish Academy
1998 – 1999 External Examiner – Guildhall School of Music and Drama
2006 – 2011 External Examiner (piano) – Trinity College of Music
2007 External Examiner – Exeter University
2008 -2011 External Examiner – Birmingham Conservatoire
2011 External Examiner – Royal Welsh college of Music
2013-2017 External Examiner Leeds College of Music
EDUCATIONAL PUBLICATIONS
Featured in “JAZZ WORKS” for Octet Ensemble ABRSM
Numerous pieces in the Jazz Syllabus for Piano and Horns at all grades ABRSM
Featured in “FINGERPRINTS” – 19 contemporary pieces for piano Faber Music
Featured in “FINGERPRINTS” – contemporary pieces for Alto sax and piano Faber Music
Featured in “FINGERPRINTS” – contemporary pieces for flute and piano Faber Music.
Featured in “FINGERPRINTS” – contemporary pieces for cello and piano Faber Music
Featured in “CONTEMPORARY PIANO DUETS – for four hands” Oxford University Press
“Grooves for two” Jazz Piano Duets Oxford University Press
Jazz on a winter’s Night Jazz arrangements of Christmas music for solo piano – Oxford University Press
Jazz on a Summer’s Day Jazz arrangements for solo piano (standards and originals ) Oxford University Press
Jazz in Springtime Jazz arrangements for solo piano (standards and originals ) Oxford University Press
Jazz in Autumn Jazz arrangements for solo piano (standards and originals ) Oxford University Press
Jazz on a Winter’s Night arrangements of Christmas music for violin and piano – Oxford University Press
Jazz in Autumn Jazz arrangements for violin and piano (standards and originals) – Oxford University Press
Featured in Piano Mix books 1,2 and 3 contemporary pieces ABRSM
Featured in the ABRSM classical exam syllabus for flute and piano (Originals and arrangements)
A New “More Jazz on a Winter’s Night “ for solo piano coming out in Autumn 2017