Clive Nolan (born 30 June 1961) is a British musician, composer and producer who has played a prominent role in the development of

progressive rock Progressive rock (shortened as prog rock or simply prog; sometimes conflated with art rock) is a broad genre of rock music that developed in the United Kingdom and United States through the mid- to late 1960s, peaking in the early 1970s. Init ...

. He has been the regular keyboard player in Pendragon (1986–present), Shadowland (1992–present), Strangers on a Train (1993–1994) and

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(1995–present), as well as writing lyrics for Arena and producing or co-producing several other bands' albums. At the age of sixteen, Nolan became the youngest musician in England (at the time) to gain an A.L.C.M. composition diploma from the

London College of Music London College of Music (LCM) is a music school in London, England. It is one of eight separate schools that make up the University of West London. History LCM was founded in 1887 and existed as an independent music conservatoire based at ...

. In 1982, Nolan won the cup and two medals at the composers competition in the Cheltenham Music Festival. Nolan is a music graduate, holding both a B Mus and M Mus. He played violin, cello and viola, although his main study while at university was composition, orchestration, musical arrangement and conducting. In 2008 Nolan's rock opera, ''She'', was filmed for DVD in Katowice, Poland. In 2010 the show was again performed in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. Since then, Nolan has started the Caamora Theatre Company,

Musicals

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. In 2010, the show was again performed in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. Since then Nolan has started the Caamora Theatre Company, and turned ''She'' into a full musical, which was performed for the first time at The Playhouse in Cheltenham in 2012. Nolan's musical ''Alchemy'' finished its run at the

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in the West End of London in August 2014. The libretto is based on the composer's original story. He created a sequel entitled ''King's Ransom'' in 2017. Both musicals have now taken the first step towards becoming full theatrical-release feature films.

Writing

He 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.

Awards

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

Discography

With Arena

With Pendragon

With Shadowland

With Caamora

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

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

* ''

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'' – Verglas 1999 * ''

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'' – 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'' 2014GANDALF'S FIST – A Forest of Fey (2014) at ProgArchives.com
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References

External links

* * Clive Nolanat ''

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Official Caamora website

Official She the musical website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Nolan, Clive 1961 births Living people British rock keyboardists British record producers British male singers Arena (band) members Pendragon (band) members