Nicky joins conductor Jess Edelbrock as pianist for the AzACDA Cantaremos Honor Choir Festival.

Nicky returns as the pianist for the annual Tucson Big Sing!

Nicky will present a workshop on Student Composition and Arranging with Jess Edelbrock from at the AzACDA summer conference, June 28-30.

Nicky will present on the choral works of Undine Smith Moore and José Maurício Nunes Garcia at the inaugural UA DEI Choral Literature Intensive from June 15-17, 2023.

Nicky leads a professional-development workshop on supporting LGBTQ+ youth, and particularly trans and non-binary young people, for the staff at Boston Children’s Chorus.

Nicky conducts the University Community Chorus alongside the University of Arizona Collegium Musicum with a number of acclaimed Tucson choral ensembles in the annual Holiday Card to Tucson. Tickets can be purchased at: https://am.ticketmaster.com/uacfa/buy

Concerts at St. Augustine Cathedral downtown Tucson at 3pm and 7:30pm.

Nicky joins University of San Diego, San Diego State University, and Miracosta College for an intersectional interpretation of the fusion oratorio, Considering Matthew Shepard by Craig Hella Johnson.

The two hour oratorio is reconstituted into a 50 minute staged narrative, featuring 9 soloists, a chamber orchestra, and 60 choral singers from USD, SDSU, and Miracosta College. We've chosen the soloists based on their artistic and expressive capacity to tell intersectional stories. We have a track outlined for each of the soloists, though there isn't a throughline character for each track.

This reconception of the already-striking work interpolatse dialogue and movement (generated by a team of devisers) at critical points, in order to widen the scope of the narrative in order to "consider" what it means to be queer in this country today, recognizing queer joy and euphoria alongside grief.

The University Community Chorus fall concert, directed by Nicky Manlove, will feature works by Bernice Johnson Reagon, Florence B. Price, Ralph Vaughn Williams, Moses Hogan, Mari Esabel Valverde, and Antonio Vivaldi.

The University Community Chorus joins the other UArizona choirs with the Tucson Girls Chorus and Tucson Boys Chorus for a sublime kickoff to the holiday season at St. Augustine Cathedral. Reserve tickets at: https://am.ticketmaster.com/uacfa/buy

In the concluding event in the engender series, Nicky Manlove and Bradford Dumont facilitate a roundtable with guests from the Engender series: Abdullah Hall, Erik Peregrine, Jace Kaholokula Saplan, Lindsey Deaton, Logan Bradford, Mari Esabel Valverde, and Michael Bussewitz-Quarm.

On this episode of Engender, Nicky and Brad interview composer Mari Esabel Valverde and speak about the honesty of gender diversity, the humanizing power of representation, and expansive notions of choral excellence. We loved this conversation.

Mari Esabel Valverde is an award-winning composer and singer in steady demand across the United States and Canada. Based in North Texas, she sings in multiple professional ensembles and teaches singing and transgender voice training with TruVoice Lessons. She holds degrees from St. Olaf College, the European American Musical Alliance in Paris, France, and San Francisco Conservatory of Music.

This is a free conference for parents, youth, and allies about what it means to be part of the LGBTQ+ community and how to support LGBTQ+ youth. Nicky Manlove will speak about the work of THEM Youth Ensemble, and the impact of arts programs building community for LGBTQ+ youth.

More about the host: "Hi there! My name is Sophia and I'm a 17 year old senior. I am currently working on my Girl Scout Gold Award, the highest award a Girl Scout can earn, and is typically only earned by 6% of Girl Scouts. As part of the LGBTQ+ community, I have always been passionate about advocating for it and educating people about it, so I wanted to do just that for my Gold Award by putting on a virtual conference! Through this conference, I am hoping to help LGBTQ+ youth feel less alone in their identity, educate parents and allies about how to support those in the LGBTQ+ community, and connect people with great community resources, such as SAGA, AZTYPO, and more! I hope to see you there!"

“Rendi alle mie speranze,” a musical meditation on hope, change, and our shared need for healing and help. Performed by St Mark’s musicians Jared Aragón and Nicky Manlove, this recital will feature Taizé prayers alongside music by early Italian women composers Isabella Leonarda and Francesca Caccini, as well music by French composer Michel Richard Delalande.

The second event in UCC’s free webinar series is an interactive virtual sing-along. Participants will learn more about the Justice Choir Movement, sing pieces from the songbook, and learn songs from a variety of guest artists and friends of UCC. Participants can download a free copy of the Justice Choir Songbook prior to the webinar at: https://www.justicechoir.org/songbook/

The webinar series is open to the public, and we hope that you can join us for one or all of the events this semester. For more detailed information about the series or questions about how to register, please contact Dr. Alyssa Cossey at: ajcossey@arizona.edu.

Zoom Registration Link: https://arizona.zoom.us/webinar/register/1115978759358/WN_7LJhAR-IQqq7iqnh_AV-tw