The British Musical Biography

[E] Nicholl, William, tenor vocalist and
teacher, was born at Glasgow, June 30, 1851,
and originally worked as an engineer in
Glasgow and India. He studied at the Royal
Academy of Music, under Fiori, fronr January,
1884, to July, 1885, and gained the Parepa-
Rosa gold medal, and the Academy bronze
medal. He afterwards studied at Florence
under Vannucini. He made his debut at
Glasgow, in November, 1884, with Madame
Georgina Burns' party. Since 1886 he has
given an annual series of classical concerts
in London, and has sung at Chester (1888),
Gloucester (1889), and other festivals and
concerts throughout the kingdom, such as the
London Ballad Concerts, Crystal Palace,
Richter Concerts, etc. He has appeared
twice before the Queen, by command, and in
1895 he accompanied Mr. Gladstone in the
" Tantallon Castle" when Sir Donald Currie
was cruising in the North Sea. He is A.R.A.M.
and has been a professor of singing at the
Royal Academy of Music since 1891. Joint
author with George Thorpe of " Text-Book
on the natural use of the Voice," London,
1895, and has lectui'ed on " Voice Production "
at the Society of Arts, January 27, 1897.

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