Title: things that had no opposites
Commission: 2014
Completed: 2017
Instrumentation: soprano, flute, guitar, and harp
Premiere Location: December 7, 2014 in San Francisco
Premiere Ensemble: Left Coast Chamber Ensemble
Notes:

Sam Nichols is a composer who lives and works in Northern California. He has received commissions from a number of ensembles and organizations, including the Left Coast Chamber Ensemble, Earplay, and the Composers Conference at Wellesley College. He recently won the 2011 Lee Ettelson Composer’s Award for his string quartet, Refuge. He’s also received awards and fellowships from the League of Composers, the University of Illinois (3rd prize, 2010 Salvatore Martirano Memorial Composition Prize), the Composers Conference, and Montalvo Center for the Arts, among others. He’s been involved in a number of electronic music projects, producing several multi-media installations in collaboration with sculptor Robin Hill, and also performing with percussionist Chris Froh.