Michelle Nicole in L.A.

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"The Art of The Duo" performance

Michelle and the brilliant jazz guitarist

Larry Koonse

Saturday April 15th ... 8:00pm -10:00pm

at KULAK'S WOODSHED

$25

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Masterclass/Workshop with Michelle

Tuesday April 14 ... 8:00pm - 10:30pm

at KULAK'S WOODSHED

$70

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Reserve and pay for either, through

Cathy Segal-Garcia: cathy@cathysegalgarcia.com

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 Michelle Nicolle is celebrated as Australia's finest femalej azz singer.

Bell Award (2017), Mo Award2001, 2003 & 2004,National Jazz Award(1998) winner and A.R.I.A Finalist (Australian Grammy’s’ equivalent) 2001, 2004, 2009

Michelle is a jazz musician whose chosen instrument is Voice. An arranger and band-leader,Michelle started her career at the age of eight, studying violin in the famous wine region, Barossa Valley. Now based in Melbourne, she is growing wider international audience in the USA and Europe.

Known for her ability to get right to the heart of a song, as well as being an in-the-moment improviser Michelle has released 8 CDs and toured extensively Australia and internationally, including Tokyo Jazz Festival, Jarasum Jazz Festival (SouthKorea), North Sea Jazz Festival (Netherlands), Asia Pacific Festival (Russia), Prague Jazz Festival, JazzVox in Seattle, University Of North Texas, Oceanside Jazz Festival, Sidebar, (New Orleans), G Spot, (LA), Classic Pianos,(Portland, OR), The Blue Building(NYC 2023).

As an educator, Michelle advocates for the vocalist as an equally respected and valued musical member of the jazz ensemble. Her philosophy that has developed as a performer of 30+years is that fluency in improvising comes from strength in musical independence.

Michelle teaches her students about security in the form, time, melody,pitch and harmony ... all whilst supporting the storyof the song. Having independence as a vocalist, relying on no other member of an ensemble, allows freedom and confidence in hearing and expressing the musical landscape as well as any instrumentalist.

Michelle holds a Bachelor of Education, an Associate Diploma of Jazz (University of Adelaide) and currently teaches atUniversity of Melbourne, Victorian College of the Arts

Secondary School, and Monash University.

Since 1998 she has conducted Master classes and Workshops all over Australia, and in Singapore, Taiwan and at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music(London),J EN Conference(New Orleans 2017, 2020, 2023), FrostSchool of Music(University of Miami 2017), University of North Texas2019, Oceanside Jazz Festival 2019 (Mira Costa, USA), International Jazz Voice Conference2015 2019 (Finland).

"Michelle is a singer born to sing, born to charm, enlighten and seduce through music.

I only wish she lived in the States somewhere so I could manage to hear her more often."

Kurt Elling, April 2012

“an Australian jazz singer ready to command a world stage.”

Sydney Morning Herald,2016

"..an exceptional singer who deserves attention as an original and inspiring Jazzartist."Cadence Magazine(USA), June 2003

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