Meet legendary Scottish vocalist, performer and radical choir leader Maggie Nicols at an artist talk at RMC hosted by composer and singer Tanja Schlander.

During Vinterjazz at RMC, you can get the chance to meet the virtuoso Scottish dancer, performer and free jazz vocalist who, in addition to her own artistic creations, is widely recognised for her skills as a radical choral conductor and music educator in London since the 1960s.

About Maggie Nicols
As a freely improvised vocalist, Maggie Nicols joined London's legendary Spontaneous Music Ensemble in 1968. She then became active as an organiser of voice workshops and became deeply involved in community-based experimental theatre. She later joined the group Centipede, led by British pianist and composer Keith Tippets, and in 1977 she formed the famous Feminist Improvising Group with musician and composer Lindsay Cooper.

A few years later, she started a performance group for women, C...

Meet legendary Scottish vocalist, performer and radical choir leader Maggie Nicols at an artist talk at RMC hosted by composer and singer Tanja Schlander.

During Vinterjazz at RMC, you can get the chance to meet the virtuoso Scottish dancer, performer and free jazz vocalist who, in addition to her own artistic creations, is widely recognised for her skills as a radical choral conductor and music educator in London since the 1960s.

About Maggie Nicols
As a freely improvised vocalist, Maggie Nicols joined London's legendary Spontaneous Music Ensemble in 1968. She then became active as an organiser of voice workshops and became deeply involved in community-based experimental theatre. She later joined the group Centipede, led by British pianist and composer Keith Tippets, and in 1977 she formed the famous Feminist Improvising Group with musician and composer Lindsay Cooper.

A few years later, she started a performance group for women, Contradictions, which explored improvisation and other forms of performance in a variety of media, including music and dance. Over the years, Nicols has collaborated with other women's groups, such as the Changing Women Theatre Group, and scored a prime-time TV series, Women in Sport.

Today, she continues to work in music and theatre, either in collaboration with a number of artists (Irene Schweitzer, Joelle Leandre, Ken Hyder, Caroline Kraabel) or solo.

About moderator Tanja Schlander
A strong listener and free improviser, Tanja Schlander produces and presents the sounds that make her feel, reflect and imagine. She channels both surroundings and spirit while singing.
Tanja works in the fields of singing, sound art, noise and healing and has been working with site-specific real sound for more than 20 years....

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