Nicole Canham
Churchill Fellow, Nicole Canham (clarinet and tarogato), is an award-winning and versatile musician who is committed to creating transformative arts and educational experiences, and to building new audiences for art music. She has performed around Australia and abroad in the UK, USA, Mexico, Germany, Belgium and France, collaborating with composers including Elena Kats-Chernin, Carlos Lopez Charles, Paula Matthusen and Rodrigo Sigal and performers Claude Delangle, dancer/choreographer Nerida Matthaei, multimedia artists Sarah Kaura and Ivan Puig and theatre director Caroline Stacey. In 2020, Nicole joined the faculty of the Sir Zelman Cowen School of Music and Performance, Monash University, as Wind Program Coordinator. In this role, she focuses on performance, teaching and scholarship, all of which are integral aspects of her creative practice. Nicole completed a PhD on the career pathways of independent, classically trained musicians in 2016, and has presented her research at leading conferences around the world. Nicole is a qualified career development practitioner and professional member of the Career Development Association of Australia. She is currently writing a book on transformational approaches to musicians’ career development to be published by Routledge in 2021.