Nicholas Morrish

Nicholas Morrish is a composer working across acoustic and electronic music, in concert, studio, staged and installation contexts. Central to his work are explorations of feedback, the carving out of finely textured detail from found sound and noise, and a speculative exploration of synthetic sounds that border on the real. His primary instrument currently is a modular synthesizer system.

Pieces have been presented by the London Symphony Orchestra, International Contemporary Ensemble, Münchener Kammerorchester, Ensemble Intercontemporain, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, United Instruments of Lucilin, Schallfeld, Nikel, Insomnio, Ensemble Offspring, Catchpenny, Divertimento, The Philharmonia, Workers Union, Kokoro, BBC Symphony Orchestra and the London Chamber Orchestra amongst many others, with sounds heard at Walt Disney Concert Hall (L.A, USA), Gaudeamus Muziekweek (Neth.), Manifeste (Fr.), Rainy Days Festival (Lux.), Rondo (It.), Impuls (Aust.) Huddersfield Festival, Cheltenham Festival, London Ear Festival, LSO St. Luke's, The Barbican, The RSNO Centre, NonClassical, Henry Wood Hall (U.K.), Monom, the Semper Oper and the Konzerthaus, Berlin (Ger.).

Nick has held the Mendelssohn Scholarship (2018-‘20) was a Gaudeamus Award nominee (2019) a Styria-Artist-in-Residence Scholarship (2019), and Royal Philharmonic Society Composition Prize winner (2014). Further prizes and residencies have been awarded by the London Symphony Orchestra, The Los Angeles Philharmonic Association, The Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Sound and Music's New Voices, New Dots and Inspired by Digital. Nick spent 2018-19 as a fellow at Harvard University Music Department (with Chaya Czernowin), holds a doctorate from the Royal College of Music (supervised by Jonathan Cole, 2020) and previously studied at Oxford University and Trinity Laban. He was a member of the Professorial Staff at Trinity Laban in 2017-18, and was a graduate teaching assistant at the RCM from 2016-18.

In 2022-23, Nick worked with sound art collective Kling Klang Klong on new media, concert and installation pieces. He now works on live, recorded and installed projects both independently and with collaborative partners.