Dr Natalie Nicolas

Focused on evoking calm and catharsis, her emotionally driven music aligns with her research in music and emotions. Her work We Won’t Let You Down for ACO Collective, funded by the Hush Foundation, reflects this approach, and the album received an ARIA nomination in 2019.

Nicolas has had the pleasure of writing for the Sydney, Tasmania, Canberra, and Melbourne Symphony Orchestras, the Australian String Quartet, Sydney Philharmonia Choirs, Goldner SQ, Claire Edwardes, The Song Company, and others. She has also received numerous accolades, toured internationally, contributed to research through her node at the Charles Perkins Centre, and was awarded the 2025 Layton Composing Fellowship.