Clive Nolan was born on 30 June 1961 and is a British musician, composer and producer who has played a prominent role in the development of progressive rock.
11 Facts About Clive Nolan
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Clive Nolan has been the regular keyboard player in Pendragon, Shadowland, Strangers on a Train and Arena, as well as writing lyrics for Arena and producing or co-producing several other bands' albums.
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At the age of sixteen, Nolan became the youngest musician in England to gain an ALCM diploma in composition from the London College of Music.
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In 1982, Clive Nolan won the cup and two medals at the composers competition in the Cheltenham Music Festival.
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Clive Nolan is a music graduate, holding both a BMus and MMus.
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Clive Nolan played violin, cello and viola, although his main study while at university was composition, orchestration, musical arrangement and conducting.
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Besides his progressive rock ventures, Clive Nolan has written a rock-opera, She based upon the novel by Sir H Rider Haggard.
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Since then Clive 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.
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Clive Nolan created a sequel entitled King's Ransom in 2017.
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Clive Nolan wrote the lyrics for the 43-minute metal song "Crimson II" by Edge of Sanity, which came out in 2003.
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In 2005, Clive Nolan wrote a novel called Mephisto Bridge which is as yet unpublished.