nick chamberlain
Nick Chamberlain P.G.C.E. BA(Hons). G.B.S.M. A.B.S.M. offers tuition in classical guitar and composition. He has 25 years experience teaching privately and in state and private schools. He is a member of the Incorporated Society of Musicians and Sound and Music.
Nick teaches individual and group lessons and directs student guitar ensembles for the Birmingham Music Service. He currently directs and conducts the South Area Guitar Ensemble and Birmingham Schools' Guitar Ensemble.
Over the years Nick has taught many students to Grade 8 and Performer's Certificate and several of his students have gone on to study guitar at music colleges. Recently, one of his advanced students went on to study with Craig Ogden at the Royal Northern College of Music.
In December 2015 a Trinity College Exhibition Award was granted to one of Nick's grade 5 students who attained one of the highest scores in their grade in UK and Ireland. More recently Nick's classroom teaching has been video recorded for Reel Music programme, an online professional development platform. Reel Music was nominated for a Royal Television Society award in 2016. In July 2019, 2024 and 2025 The Birmingham Schools' Guitar Ensemble were invited to perform at the National Music For Youth Festival at Town Hall and CBSO centre, Birmingham.
As an SPNM (now Sound and Music) shortlisted composer, he was selected for the Adopt-a-Composer scheme in 2009. The piece he created for the scheme was broadcast on 'Performance on 3' in 2010. He writes classical ensemble pieces and guitar tuition material.
SoundMuse
In recent years Nick has combined his music work with research into sound, which has evolved into the SoundMuse project. Taking inspiration from science and the natural world, Nick creates soundscapes and various forms of visual art, mainly using digital photography, video and recorded sound and music.
SoundMuse creative work
SoundMuse workshops
Nick teaches individual and group lessons and directs student guitar ensembles for the Birmingham Music Service. He currently directs and conducts the South Area Guitar Ensemble and Birmingham Schools' Guitar Ensemble.
Over the years Nick has taught many students to Grade 8 and Performer's Certificate and several of his students have gone on to study guitar at music colleges. Recently, one of his advanced students went on to study with Craig Ogden at the Royal Northern College of Music.
In December 2015 a Trinity College Exhibition Award was granted to one of Nick's grade 5 students who attained one of the highest scores in their grade in UK and Ireland. More recently Nick's classroom teaching has been video recorded for Reel Music programme, an online professional development platform. Reel Music was nominated for a Royal Television Society award in 2016. In July 2019, 2024 and 2025 The Birmingham Schools' Guitar Ensemble were invited to perform at the National Music For Youth Festival at Town Hall and CBSO centre, Birmingham.
As an SPNM (now Sound and Music) shortlisted composer, he was selected for the Adopt-a-Composer scheme in 2009. The piece he created for the scheme was broadcast on 'Performance on 3' in 2010. He writes classical ensemble pieces and guitar tuition material.
SoundMuse
In recent years Nick has combined his music work with research into sound, which has evolved into the SoundMuse project. Taking inspiration from science and the natural world, Nick creates soundscapes and various forms of visual art, mainly using digital photography, video and recorded sound and music.
SoundMuse creative work
SoundMuse workshops
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