ABOUT
Denver Nuckolls is a performer, composer, audio engineer, and educator based in the Boston, MA area. Raised in a musical family from the Appalachian mountains, he inherited an undiscriminating approach to music, regardless of style or aesthetic. His creative practice centers around his various operations as a sonic shapeshifter, translating a world flooded with sound through a variety of explorations in musical presentation, documentation, and communication. His performances and compositions have activated spaces and events including:
-NICE, A Fest [The Croaks; Boston, MA - 2024]
-Jazz in July [Lenny Marcus Trio; Salem, VA - 2024]
-MassArt Art Museum [w/ Maria Finkelmeier; Boston, MA - 2024]
-Museum of Science [Boston, MA; 2023]
-MG Space [w/ Yolanda He Yang; Beijing, China - 2023]
-Taubman Museum of Art [Lenny Marcus Trio; Roanoke, VA - 2023]
-Olive Tjaden Gallery at Cornell University [The Boneyarders; Ithaca, NY - 2022]
-Fostek Hall at the Jefferson Center [Lenny Marcus Trio; Roanoke, VA - 2022]
-Carnegie Hall [Virginia Tech Wind Ensemble and Combined Choirs - 2017]
Photo by Christian Calawa
Photo by Christian Calawa
Some notable accomplishments include:
-Artist-In-Residence - Stove Works [Chattanooga, TN - 2025]
-Exclusive Fellow - Virtual Percussion Music Festival [2021]
-Winner w/ Virginia Tech Percussion Ensemble - Collegiate Chamber Ensemble Competition - Percussive Arts Society International Convention [Indianapolis, IN - 2018]
Since 2022, he has released solo projects it comes in waves, dead account, 3 Days in June, Live at Peace House, and his most recent solo endeavor, morals [out now via Idolatrous Sound Research - Brooklyn, NY]. His work has been documented in Boston Art Review [Boston, MA], Digital America [Richmond, VA], Allston Pudding [Allston, MA], and Rosy Overdrive [Digital].