In 2021, saxophonist Nick Roth engaged with local musicians, schools, and visual artists at Ballina Arts Centre, Co. Mayo. Nick said: "The IMC Navigator residency offers an invaluable opportunity to engage in conversation with a local community through the international language of jazz. I am curious to discover and nurture new musical friendships, and hugely excited to have this chance to work and practise in the rich cultural landscape of Ballina Arts Centre."
Nick’s work explores the liberation of improvisation from composition, the impact of nature on technology and a contemporary interpretation of traditional music. “It is too rare nowadays for an artist to make music that is both as complex and brilliant as that of Roth.” James Fleming, All About Jazz
A fascination with pattern, cycle and structure has led to ongoing conversations with mathematical biologists, forest canopy ecologists and hydrologists, seeking a conception of music as translative epistemology.
A curious predisposition and a steadfast refusal to accept the existence of boundaries between the real and the imaginary has led to collaborations with an array of international performers, composers, choreographers, directors, visual artists, festivals, poets and ensembles.
Nick is artistic director of Yurodny, a founding member of the Water Project and a partner at Diatribe Records, Ireland’s leading independent record label for new music.
His work is represented by the Contemporary Music Centre (CMC) and the Association of Irish Composers (AIC).