DIG. 2022: Nicole Glover
Saxophonist, bandleader, composer, and educator Nicole Glover performs at DIG. Festival.
Nicole Glover is a saxophonist, bandleader, composer, and educator currently based in New York City. Growing up in Oregon, she was introduced to the music through her father’s record collection, and studied in programs dedicated to learning jazz music and priming students for touring and performing, such as the award winning American Music Program and Next Generation Jazz Orchestra.
She moved to the East Coast to attend William Paterson University, where she studied with Mulgrew Miller, Harold Mabern, and Rich Perry, and assumed permanent residence in NYC in 2015.
She established herself as a rising saxophonist and indemand sideperson, performing throughout North and South America, Europe, Africa, and the Middle East, and working with esteemed artists such as with Christian McBride, Al Foster, Victor Lewis, George Cables, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Billy Hart, Esperanza Spalding, Renee Rosnes, Kenny Washington, Reggie Workman, Gene Perla, George Colligan, Ben Wolfe, Ulysses Owens, Mike Clark, Jeff “Tain” Watts, Joe Farnsworth, Allison Miller, Joel Ross, Geoffrey Keezer, David Weiss, Luis Perdomo, Aaron Diehl, Jason Brown, Rodney Green, and Bill Goodwin. Additionally, she joined Latin Grammy winning artist Buika for her 2019 world tour and was invited to join Blue Note supergroup ARTEMIS beginning in 2020.
Nicole is also an experienced educator and clinician. She is currently teaching at The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music, and has participated in Jazz at Lincoln Center’s “Jazz For Young People” educational outreach program.
Performers
- Nicole Glover, saxophone
- Juho Valjakka, piano
- Kaisa Mäensivu, bass
- Joe Peri, drums
Further information: Janne Ikäheimo, janne.ikaheimo@uniarts.fi
DIG. 5.–7.10.2022
The star performers of the DIG. Festival of Uniarts Helsinki’s Sibelius Academy, organised in the Black Box of the Helsinki Music Centre, include the pianist David Hazeltine and the saxophonist Nicole Glover, who is rapidly rising to international stardom. The Finnish star of the festival is Teemu Viinikainen. A new addition to the festival programme on Friday, the closing night of the festival, is the Helsinki première of the document “Silence… and the birth of sound” made on Viinikainen. During their visit, the festival performers also teach jazz music students at the Sibelius Academy of UniArts Helsinki.
Nicole Glover is a saxophonist, bandleader, composer, and educator currently based in New York City. Growing up in Oregon, she was introduced to the music through her father’s record collection, and studied in programs dedicated to learning jazz music and priming students for touring and performing, such as the award winning American Music Program and Next Generation Jazz Orchestra.
She moved to the East Coast to attend William Paterson University, where she studied with Mulgrew Miller, Harold Mabern, and Rich Perry, and assumed permanent residence in NYC in 2015.
She established herself as a rising saxophonist and indemand sideperson, performing throughout North and South America, Europe, Africa, and the Middle East, and working with esteemed artists such as with Christian McBride, Al Foster, Victor Lewis, George Cables, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Billy Hart, Esperanza Spalding, Renee Rosnes, Kenny Washington, Reggie Workman, Gene Perla, George Colligan, Ben Wolfe, Ulysses Owens, Mike Clark, Jeff “Tain” Watts, Joe Farnsworth, Allison Miller, Joel Ross, Geoffrey Keezer, David Weiss, Luis Perdomo, Aaron Diehl, Jason Brown, Rodney Green, and Bill Goodwin. Additionally, she joined Latin Grammy winning artist Buika for her 2019 world tour and was invited to join Blue Note supergroup ARTEMIS beginning in 2020.
Nicole is also an experienced educator and clinician. She is currently teaching at The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music, and has participated in Jazz at Lincoln Center’s “Jazz For Young People” educational outreach program.
Performers
- Nicole Glover, saxophone
- Juho Valjakka, piano
- Kaisa Mäensivu, bass
- Joe Peri, drums
Further information: Janne Ikäheimo, janne.ikaheimo@uniarts.fi
DIG. 5.–7.10.2022
The star performers of the DIG. Festival of Uniarts Helsinki’s Sibelius Academy, organised in the Black Box of the Helsinki Music Centre, include the pianist David Hazeltine and the saxophonist Nicole Glover, who is rapidly rising to international stardom. The Finnish star of the festival is Teemu Viinikainen. A new addition to the festival programme on Friday, the closing night of the festival, is the Helsinki première of the document “Silence… and the birth of sound” made on Viinikainen. During their visit, the festival performers also teach jazz music students at the Sibelius Academy of UniArts Helsinki.