Hugh Nankivell

Identifying Musical Potential

Instant Songs

Composer/educator, Hugh Nankivell, has wide experience of leading creative music projects in the UK and abroad.

He was the founding chairperson of Sound Sense and has been an integral player in establishing the creative music agenda within community and education settings in the last 20 years. He has worked on outreach and development projects for The Sage Gateshead, Opera North and Dartington Arts (among many others).

He worked with Huddersfield University on a research project for three years on composing in groups with children aged 8-11, he led innovative projects in Early Years with The Firebird Trust and DAISI (Devon Artists In Schools Initiative) and this led to an original project with 3-80 year-olds run in both Japan and the UK with composer, Makoto Nomura.

He is dedicated to finding new ways to compose and collaborate and to share these experiences as widely as possible. He has recently been artist in residence for Dartmoor National Park, has been the artist for the English Riviera Global Geopark and is just starting an Early Years project called Shared Inventions with two Reception classes. Hugh lives in Torquay and writes songs obsessively.