Nick J Jones is a composer, sound artist, workshop leader and musical director. Studying at Trinity Laban from 2005-2009 he received 1st Class Honours in composition and was awarded the Daryl Runswick composition prize in 2008. Nick works in multiple areas of the arts including theatre, dance, film and installations.
His work for The Royal Opera House has included running sound-art and composition workshops for schools and community groups, creating site-specific interactive sound installations and collaborating with artists from other disciplines (e.g. rappers, choreographers, video artists) to devise new performative works with young people.
Nick has created music and sound design for numerous plays and in June 2012 was involved in the parallel youth production of Peter Brook’s The Suit at the Young Vic Theatre acting as both composer and musical director. His work with children and the disabled has included holding the position of musical director at the Chickenshed inclusive theatre company The Theatre Shed from 2012-2016.
More recent projects have included writing music for the Olivier award-winning hip-hop dance theatre company Far From The Norm, working as a musician in residence at three hospitals including Chelsea and Westminster, creating music for the dance piece Rudra which had performances at various venues including the V&A, creating music for a NIKE social media campaign and presenting his work writing songs with people with dementia to students and staff at the music therapy organisation Nordoff Robbins.