Nicole McIntyre
Your Vocal Teacher
Nicole McIntyre Bachelor of Music - Singer/Songwriter Major, UTAS
Starting out with some of Brisbane's most highly regarded jazz musicians, a resultant 25+ year long exploration into performance, vocal mechanics and a burning passion for music has brought Nicole a voice with a unique timbre, power, dexterity of style and emotive delivery.
Nicole’s career went international in 1997 when engaged to work as a backing vocalist for Australia’s own international pop sensation ‘Savage Garden’ on their wildly successful ‘Garden of Earthly Delights’ worldwide live promotional & concert tours in 1997 and 1998.
Thus providing Nicole the opportunity to play many world class stages, venues and shows throughout her early career.
World Concert Tour - “Garden of Earthly Delights” 1997-1998
Footage of Performance Highlights:
Live at the World Music Awards - Monte Carlo, Cannes 1998
Live at the Hardrock - New York, USA - 1998
Live at MTV's Rock AM Ring USA 1998
The Rosie O’Donnell Show - NYC, USA 1997 & 1998
Top of The Pops (same show with Tori Amos) - Live in studio London UK - 1997
Tears of Pearls - Official Video (live concert footage montage) 1997
Rock im Park Festival - Germany 1998
Live at Madison Square Garden - Z100’s Jingle Ball - 1997 NYC, USA
The Tonite Show Live with Jay Leno - LA, USA - 1998
After touring with Savage Garden Nicole embarked on her own simple journey into song-craft; teaching herself to play guitar and writing her own original material whilst also delving into her other passion: the theatre and so, studied performance for theatre at the Qld. College of Art.
In 2000 Nicole travelled to the UK, to live in Bristol for 7 years teaching voice and working with various musicians on her original material and jazz projects.
After returning to Qld. in 2007 she then made the move to Tasmania in 2012 to formalise her vast experience into a formal qualification and so enrolled to study the Bachelor of Music Degree in Songwriting at the UTAS Conservatorium of Music in Hobart.
Nicole continues her song-craft oddessy with new material in a solo capacity and also with local originals bands Guerilla Zingari, a Gypsy/Roots outfit who have recorded two full albums over the past three years and played at Woodford Folk festival in the summer of 2014-15, and with “MumboGumbo”: Soul/Funk/Blues. Popular local favourite at "Rektango".
"Guerilla Zingari" achieved national airplay on ABC’s Radio National with Robbie Buck and on triple J’s Roots n All with Sarah Howels. They also conducted as successful 14 date national promotional tour in 2013-14.
Local favourites at Hobart’s Friday evening institution “Rektango” as well as festivals such as Taste of Tasmania and Cygnet Folk Festival, Mona and Huon Valley's annual Mid Winter Festival.
Nicole also works with Mosaic community Services as Music Tutor in their Arts Access programs for adults living with disability.
She continues to pursue her love of Jazz at regular bi-monthly appearances with some of Hobart's finest musicians at Henry Jones IXL Long Bar, plays solo gigs with her guitar and in various combos, indulges her deep passion for old Blues and Southern Funk with local band of music heroes "MumboGumbo", and let's her hair down with her luscious New Orleans street style dixie trad Trio: "Les Femmes Rouges"
Nicole has conducted workshops and lead the vocal chant on Dark Mofo’s “Burning Ogga” event in 2015, appeared in the "Reckless Women" show at Town Hall - a 9 woman show celebrating the feminine - for Festival of Voices 2015 and also created and directed the Welcome Event/Lantern Procession/Fire Spectacular for the "Huon Valley's annual Mid Winter Festival" since it's inception in 2014 to 2017.
Nicole has a wealth of knowledge and tricks of the trade to help you master your voice and get you singing the way you've always wanted to.
All ages and levels welcome, no matter what your stage of vocal development or experience.
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