CHRISTOPHER TYLER NICKEL

With his music being heard in over 160 countries, award-winning composer Christopher Tyler Nickel has composed for film, television, the concert hall and theatre. His music has been described as “Riveting” ★★★★ (BBC Music Magazine), “… full of life: imagination, invention, variation … this is composition at its best – arresting and masterful.” (The Whole Note), and “… substantial, often engaging…” (Gramophone Magazine). Christopher’s music has been performed by orchestras and chamber ensembles in Canada, the United States, and Europe. Recent commissions include Fractures of Solitude for internationally renowned cellist Inbal Segev’s album 20 for 2020. His recordings from Avie Records include two albums with the Seattle Symphony’s principal oboist Mary Lynch VanderKolk, as well as the National Symphony’s Harrison Linsey as soloist on his Concerto for Bass Oboe. Other albums include Requiem, Symphony No.2, his oratorio The Gospel According to Mark, Concerto for Piccolo and Concerto for Four Wagner Tubas with piccolo soloist Sarah Jackson (Los Angeles Philharmonic), and Oliver de Clercq, Laurel Spencer, Valerie Whitney and Holly Bryan on Wagner Tubas, all under the baton of Clyde Mitchell. Christopher’s film and television scores includes thirteen seasons of Highway thru Hell for Discovery, and countless other television movies and series.