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[[Image:Matthews-jabberwocky-cover.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Jabberwocky: album by '''Clive Nolan''' and [[Oliver Wakeman]]. Cover art by [[Rodney Matthews]].]]
{{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
| landscape = yes
| caption = Nolan at The Boerderij in Zoetermeer 2018
| birth_name =
| alias =
| 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 (band)|Arena]]<br/>[[Pendragon (band)|Pendragon]]<br>[[Shadowland (band)|Shadowland]]<br>[[Caamora]]<br>[[Strangers on a Train (band)|Strangers on a Train]]<br>Neo<br>Casino
| website =
}}
'''Clive Nolan''' (born 30 June 1961)<ref>{{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}}</ref> 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 (band)|Pendragon]] (1986–present), [[Shadowland (band)|Shadowland]] (1992–present), Strangers on a Train (1993–1994) and [[Arena (band)|Arena]] (1995–present), as well as writing lyrics for Arena and producing or co-producing several other bands' albums.


==Early life==
'''Clive Nolan''' is a [[United Kingdom|British]] musician, composer and producer who has played a prominent role in the recent development of [[progressive rock]]. He has been the regular keyboard player in [[Pendragon (band)|Pendragon]] ([[1986]] - current), [[Shadowland (band)|Shadowland]] ([[1992]] - [[1996]]) and [[Arena (band)|Arena]] ([[1995]] - current), as well as writing lyrics for [[Arena]] and producing or co-producing several other bands' albums. In an interview he claimed that the only reason he can manage so many projects at once is that he has no life outside music.
At the age of sixteen, Nolan became the youngest musician in England (at the time) to gain an [[London College of Music Examinations#Diplomas|ALCM diploma]] in composition from the [[London College of Music]].<ref name="auto">{{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}}</ref> 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.<ref name="auto"/>


==Career==
In [[1999]] Clive Nolan teamed up with [[Oliver Wakeman]] to create the all-new [[progressive rock]] album ''[[Jabberwocky (disambiguation)|Jabberwocky]]''. This album was released under [[Verglas]] label. A vast array of artists was involved in this project, including [[Peter Banks]] ([[Yes (band)|Yes]]), [[Peter Gee]] (Pendragon), [[Ian Salmon]] (Shadowland, Janison Edge) on guitar and [[Tracy Hitchings]] (Quasar, Gandalf, [[Strangers On A Train]], [[Landmarq]]) vocals. [[Rick Wakeman]] narrates the piece. Some vocal parts are performed by [[Michelle Young]]. ([http://www.musicaldiscoveries.com/reviews/jabrwcky.htm full album review])


In 1982 Nolan won the cup and two medals at the composers competition in the Cheltenham Music Festival.<ref name="auto"/>
This was followed in [[2002]] by a musical adaptation of ''[[The Hound of the Baskervilles]]'', also featuring Tracy Hitchings on vocals, with Karl Groom (Shadowland), Arjen Lucassen and Peter Banks on guitars, Peter Gee and John Jowitt ([[IQ (band)|IQ]]) on Bass and Tony Fernandez on drums. Vocalists playing characters in the story include [[Robert Powell]] as [[Dr. Watson|Doctor John Watson]], [[Bob Catley]] as Sir Henry Baskerville, Michelle Young as Mrs Laura Lyons, and [[Ashley Holt]] as Doctor James Mortimer.


In 2008 Nolan's rock opera, ''She'', was filmed for DVD in Katowice, Poland.<ref name="auto1">{{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}}</ref> In 2010 the show was again performed in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. Since then, Nolan has started the Caamora Theatre Company,<ref name="auto2">[http://ctc.clivenolan.net] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723043431/http://ctc.clivenolan.net/|date=23 July 2011}}</ref>
In [[2003 in music|2003]] Clive Nolan wrote lyrics for [[Edge of Sanity]]'s Crimson II.


== Musicals ==
In [[2004 in music|2004]], Clive Nolan also sang backing vocals for Dragonforce's second album [[Sonic Firestorm]]. There is also a video of Clive Nolan playing a keyboard solo on Dragonforce's official website. Who ate all the pies!
Besides his progressive rock ventures, Nolan has written a [[rock opera]], ''She'', based upon the novel by [[H. Rider Haggard|Sir H Rider Haggard]]. In 2008, it was filmed for DVD in Katowice, Poland.<ref name="auto1"/> In 2010, the show was again performed, in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. Since then Nolan has started the Caamora Theatre Company,<ref name="auto2"/> and turned ''She'' into a full musical, which was performed for the first time at [[The Playhouse, Cheltenham|The Playhouse]] in Cheltenham in 2012.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.shethemusical.com/ |title=Home |website=www.shethemusical.com}}</ref>


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.<ref name="auto"/> He created a sequel entitled ''King's Ransom'' in 2017.<ref name="kingsransom">{{Cite web |url=http://www.kingsransomthemusical.com/ |title=News |website=www.kingsransomthemusical.com |access-date=6 July 2018}}</ref> Both musicals have now taken the first step towards becoming full theatrical-release feature films.
==External link==


== Writing ==
*[http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:7cu1z88a8yv5 Clive Nolan on AMG]
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.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
[[Category:British musicians|Nolan, Clive]]

== Awards ==
* Classic Rock Society Best Keyboard Player award won in the years: 1995, 1996, 1998, 2005, 2009, 2010 and 2011.<ref name="auto"/>
* Honorary Visitor to Santa Cruz, Bolivia, award received in 2010 from Bolivian government for his theatre work in Santa Cruz.<ref name="auto"/>

== Discography ==
=== With Arena ===
{{main|Arena (band)#Discography}}

=== 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)<ref>{{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}}</ref>
* ''King's Ransom'' (2017) (CD box set)<ref name="kingsransom"/>

=== 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 (album)|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<ref>[http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=46398 GANDALF'S FIST – A Forest of Fey (2014) at ProgArchives.com]</ref><ref>{{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.}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
{{commons category}}
* {{Official website}}
* {{allmusic}}
* [http://caamora.net/ Official Caamora website]
* [http://www.shethemusical.com/ Official ''She the musical'' website]

{{Arena}}

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[[Category:1961 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Arena (band) members]]
[[Category:British male singers]]
[[Category:British record producers]]
[[Category:British rock keyboardists]]
[[Category:Pendragon (band) members]]
[[Category:Progressive rock keyboardists]]

Latest revision as of 21:41, 20 May 2024

Clive Nolan
Nolan at The Boerderij in Zoetermeer 2018
Nolan at The Boerderij in Zoetermeer 2018
Background information
Born (1961-06-30) 30 June 1961 (age 63)
United Kingdom
GenresProgressive rock
Occupation(s)Singer, songwriter, record producer, writer
Instrument(s)Vocals, keyboards
LabelsVerglas

Clive Nolan (born 30 June 1961)[1] 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

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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.[2] 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.[2]

Career

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In 1982 Nolan won the cup and two medals at the composers competition in the Cheltenham Music Festival.[2]

In 2008 Nolan's rock opera, She, was filmed for DVD in Katowice, Poland.[3] In 2010 the show was again performed in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. Since then, Nolan has started the Caamora Theatre Company,[4]

Musicals

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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.[3] In 2010, the show was again performed, in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. Since then Nolan has started the Caamora Theatre Company,[4] and turned She into a full musical, which was performed for the first time at The Playhouse in Cheltenham in 2012.[5]

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.[2] He created a sequel entitled King's Ransom in 2017.[6] Both musicals have now taken the first step towards becoming full theatrical-release feature films.

Writing

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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.[7]

Awards

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  • Classic Rock Society Best Keyboard Player award won in the years: 1995, 1996, 1998, 2005, 2009, 2010 and 2011.[2]
  • Honorary Visitor to Santa Cruz, Bolivia, award received in 2010 from Bolivian government for his theatre work in Santa Cruz.[2]

Discography

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With Arena

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Main article: Arena (band) § Discography

With Pendragon

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Main article: Pendragon (band) § Discography

With Shadowland

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Main article: Shadowland (band) § Discography

With Caamora

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  • Clive Nolan & Agnieszka Swita – Closer – CD – 2006 [citation needed]
  • Caamora – Walk on Water (Mini-Album) – CD – 2007 [citation needed]
  • Caamora – "Embrace" (Single) – CD – 2008 [citation needed]
  • Caamora – Journey's End... An Acoustic Anthology – 2CD – 2008 [citation needed]
  • Caamora – She – 2CD / 2CD Digipak / 3LP – 2008 [citation needed]
  • Caamora – She (Live) – DVD / DVD+2CD / 2CD – 2008 [citation needed]
  • Caamora – She (The Definitive Edition) – 2CD+2DVD+2CD – 2008 [citation needed]
  • Alchemy the Musical (2013) (CD/DVD/ box set)[8]
  • King's Ransom (2017) (CD box set)[6]

With Strangers on a Train

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  • The Key – Part 1 – The Prophecy – Verglas 1990
  • The Key – Part 2 – The Labyrinth – Verglas 1993

With Clive Nolan and Oliver Wakeman

[edit]
  • 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

[edit]
  • Casino – Verglas 1992

With Barrett

[edit]
  • A Rush of Adrenaline (dDVD2006)

With Neo

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  • Broadcast (DVD) – Metal Mind 2007

With Clive Nolan

[edit]
  • 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)

[edit]
  • Otra Vida (2011)

With Gandalf's Fist

[edit]

References

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  1. ^ "Official Pendragon website: band member info". Archived from the original on 21 August 2008. Retrieved 7 August 2008.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Caamora Theatre Company". Archived from the original on 22 April 2012. Retrieved 3 November 2011.
  3. ^ a b "'She' The Musical". www.shethemusical.com.
  4. ^ a b [1] Archived 23 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ "Home". www.shethemusical.com.
  6. ^ a b "News". www.kingsransomthemusical.com. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  7. ^ "Caamora Theatre Company". Archived from the original on 22 April 2012. Retrieved 3 November 2011.
  8. ^ "Alchemy the Musical". alchemythemusical.com. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  9. ^ GANDALF'S FIST – A Forest of Fey (2014) at ProgArchives.com
  10. ^ "Donockley, Nolan, Stevens guest with Gandalf's Fist". teamrock.com. 12 August 2014. Archived from the original on 13 August 2014. Gandalf's Fist have revealed details of fifth album A Forest Of Fey, set for release in the autumn.
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