collaborations with composer Emma-Ruth Richards
camerata pacifica
Work-in-progress. New instrumental theatre piece for oboe, viola and cello. Created by Nic Chalmers & Emma-Ruth Richards, with music composed by Emma-Ruth and text by Nic.
composers edition
2023. Article featured on Composers Edition website.
NATIONAL OPERA STUDIO
2020. SECURE THE GHOSTS. New aria for National Opera Studio’s 12:42, a documentary film charting the opera-making process under lock-down conditions.
Voces Inauditae, Edinburgh
2017. A BODY IS A BODY IS A BODY. Vocal score by Emma-Ruth, text by Nic.
Nordland Teater, Norway
2016. Nic commissioned to write the libretto for TRAFFICK, a new chamber opera on the subject of sex trafficking created by Emma-Ruth and Nic. Public workshops include: NOS's Voices of Now: Scenes from Contemporary Operas 2019 (director: Michael McCarthy); Mahogany Opera Group’s Various Stages Festival 2017 (director: Sarah Tipple); and Helpman Studio, ROH, 2012 (director: Natalie Abrahami). Extract of libretto: I hear the sound of a mechanism jam
Changing Britain Festival, Southbank Centre
2015. AN ENGLISH HOUSE. Score for soprano, clarinet, violin, violoncello, piano and percussion by Emma-Ruth, with text by Nic.
ROYAL OPERA hOUSE
2012. Research & development of TRAFFICK.
St Magnus International Festival, Orkney
2012. A BODY IS A BODY IS A BODY. Vocal score by Emma-Ruth, text by Nic.