Noted jazz vocalist, Nicole Henry, to teach at Brooklyn Conservatory of Music
Growing up with a mother who was a concert pianist, jazz vocalist Nicole Henry was surrounded by music for as long as she can remember. “There was never a question of whether [my sister and I] were going to learn an instrument; it was just [a matter of] which instrument were we going to pick,” said Henry, who opted for the cello, while her sister tried out the violin, viola, and bass.
Henry “loved the cello,” playing it until 11th grade, after which she stopped studying music formally, although she continued to sing for fun, in school and church.
“I’ve been singing my whole life, but it wasn’t until 2000 that I said to myself that I’d stop working anywhere else and do it full time,” she explained. “I’m a singer by doing, not by being taught.”