Clive Nolan
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{{short description|British musician, composer and producer|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Clive Nolan
| image = Clive Nolan at The Borderij in Zoetermeer 2018.jpg
| image_size = 220px
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| caption = Nolan at The Boerderij in Zoetermeer 2018
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1961|6|30|df=y}}
| birth_place = United Kingdom
| death_date = {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}}
| instrument = Vocals, keyboards
| genre = Progressive rock
| occupation = Singer, songwriter, record producer, writer
| label = Verglas
| associated_acts = Arena
Pendragon
Shadowland
Caamora
Strangers on a Train
Neo
Casino
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Clive Nolan (born 30 June 1961){{cite web |title=Official Pendragon website: band member info. |url=http://www.pendragon.mu/uk/files/bandmemberinfo.htm|accessdate=7 August 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080821065919/http://www.pendragon.mu/uk/files/bandmemberinfo.htm |archive-date=21 August 2008 |url-status=dead}} is a British musician, composer and producer who has played a prominent role in the development of progressive rock. He has been the regular keyboard player in Pendragon (1986–present), Shadowland (1992–present), Strangers on a Train (1993–1994) and Arena (1995–present), as well as writing lyrics for Arena and producing or co-producing several other bands' albums.
Early life
Nolan was educated at The King’s School, Gloucester. At the age of sixteen, Nolan became the youngest musician in England (at the time) to gain an ALCM diploma in composition from the London College of Music.{{cite web |title=Caamora Theatre Company |url=http://ctc.clivenolan.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=97 |access-date=3 November 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120422035905/http://ctc.clivenolan.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=97 |archive-date=22 April 2012 |url-status=dead}} Holding both a BMus and MMus, he played violin, cello and viola, although his main study while at university was composition, orchestration, musical arrangement and conducting.
Career
In 1982 Nolan won the cup and two medals at the composers competition in the Cheltenham Music Festival.
In 2008 Nolan's rock opera, She, was filmed for DVD in Katowice, Poland.{{Cite web |url=http://www.shethemusical.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3&Itemid=3 |title='She' The Musical |website=www.shethemusical.com}} In 2010 the show was again performed in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. Since then, Nolan has started the Caamora Theatre Company,[http://ctc.clivenolan.net] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723043431/http://ctc.clivenolan.net/|date=23 July 2011}}
Musicals
Besides his progressive rock ventures, Nolan has written a rock opera, She, based upon the novel by Sir H Rider Haggard. In 2008, it was filmed for DVD in Katowice, Poland. In 2010, the show was again performed, in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. Since then Nolan has started the Caamora Theatre Company, and turned She into a full musical, which was performed for the first time at The Playhouse in Cheltenham in 2012.{{Cite web |url=http://www.shethemusical.com/ |title=Home |website=www.shethemusical.com}}
Nolan's musical Alchemy finished its run at the Jermyn Street Theatre in the West End of London in August 2014. The libretto is based on the composer's original story. He created a sequel entitled King's Ransom in 2017.{{Cite web |url=http://www.kingsransomthemusical.com/ |title=News |website=www.kingsransomthemusical.com |access-date=6 July 2018}} Both musicals have now taken the first step towards becoming full theatrical-release feature films.
Writing
Nolan wrote the lyrics for the 43-minute metal song "Crimson II" by Edge of Sanity, which came out in 2003.
In 2005, Nolan wrote a novel called Mephisto Bridge which is as yet unpublished.{{cite web |title=Caamora Theatre Company |url=http://ctc.clivenolan.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=97 |accessdate=3 November 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120422035905/http://ctc.clivenolan.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=97 |archivedate=22 April 2012 |url-status=dead}}
Awards
Discography
= With Arena =
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= With Pendragon =
{{main|Pendragon (band)#Discography}}
= With Shadowland =
{{main|Shadowland (band)#Discography}}
= With Caamora =
- Clive Nolan & Agnieszka Swita – Closer – CD – 2006 {{Citation needed|date=March 2011}}
- Caamora – Walk on Water (Mini-Album) – CD – 2007 {{Citation needed|date=March 2011}}
- Caamora – "Embrace" (Single) – CD – 2008 {{Citation needed|date=March 2011}}
- Caamora – Journey's End... An Acoustic Anthology – 2CD – 2008 {{Citation needed|date=March 2011}}
- Caamora – She – 2CD / 2CD Digipak / 3LP – 2008 {{Citation needed|date=March 2011}}
- Caamora – She (Live) – DVD / DVD+2CD / 2CD – 2008 {{Citation needed|date=March 2011}}
- Caamora – She (The Definitive Edition) – 2CD+2DVD+2CD – 2008 {{Citation needed|date=March 2011}}
- Alchemy the Musical (2013) (CD/DVD/ box set){{Cite web |url=http://www.alchemythemusical.com/index.php/about/alchemy-the-musical|title=Alchemy the Musical |website=alchemythemusical.com |access-date=6 July 2018}}
- King's Ransom (2017) (CD box set)
= With Strangers on a Train =
- The Key – Part 1 – The Prophecy – Verglas 1990
- The Key – Part 2 – The Labyrinth – Verglas 1993
= With Clive Nolan and Oliver Wakeman =
- Jabberwocky – Verglas 1999
- The Hound of the Baskervilles – Verglas 2002
- Dark Fables - Elflock Records 2021
- Tales by Gaslight – compilation of first 3 albums - Elflock Records 2021
= With Casino =
- Casino – Verglas 1992
= With Barrett =
- A Rush of Adrenaline (dDVD2006)
= With Neo =
- Broadcast (DVD) – Metal Mind 2007
= With Clive Nolan =
- Skeletons in the Cupboard -Archive – Vol 1 – Verglas 2003
- Hidden Treasure (2015)
- Song of the Wildlands (2021)
= With China Zorilla and Noel Calcaterra (story by Elizeth Schluk) =
- Otra Vida (2011)
= With Gandalf's Fist =
- A Forest of Fey 2014[http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=46398 GANDALF'S FIST – A Forest of Fey (2014) at ProgArchives.com]{{Cite web |url=https://www.teamrock.com/news/2014-08-12/donockley-nolan-stevens-guest-with-gandalf-s-fist |title=Donockley, Nolan, Stevens guest with Gandalf’s Fist |date=2014-08-12 |website=teamrock.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140813232655/https://www.teamrock.com/news/2014-08-12/donockley-nolan-stevens-guest-with-gandalf-s-fist |archive-date=2014-08-13 |quote=Gandalf’s Fist have revealed details of fifth album A Forest Of Fey, set for release in the autumn.}}
References
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External links
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- {{Official website}}
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- [http://caamora.net/ Official Caamora website]
- [http://www.shethemusical.com/ Official She the musical website]
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Category:British record producers
Category:British rock keyboardists