Composer Erik Nielsen has created works for chorus, orchestra, wind ensemble, solo instruments,chamber music, works for dance, film and electronic music. His pieces have been performed all overthe world. In September 2015, his opera, A Fleeting Animal, a collaboration with poet/playwright David Budbill that premiered in 2000, was performed in a newly revised edition to great acclaim in six . locations in Vermont. Recent commissions include A Voice in the Night, a four-movement work for bassoon and piano, written for William Short, co-principal bassoonist with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Bryan Wagorn, pianist and assistant conductor at The Met; Fanfare in B Flat, commissioned by the Vermont Symphony for their 80 th anniversary, Glimpses of Azure, commissioned by the Boston string orchestra, A Far Cry; The Crane Maiden for chamber ensemble, narrator and three actors; Trajectory of Flight for mezzo-soprano and strings; and his Quartet for Strings #2.
Erik has been a mentor with Music-COMP since 2004 and Senior Mentor since 2011. As a singer, Mr. Nielsen has performed throughout New England and various locations across the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom as a tenor soloist, member of the trio Tres Voces and various touring ensembles. Mr. Nielsen lives in Brookfield, Vermont. For more information visit www.eriknielsenmusic.com/