Award-winning Producer ▪ Composer ▪ Cultural Curator
Award-winning Producer ▪ Composer ▪ Cultural Curator
upcoming projects
Smithsonian's National Conversation on Race
Smithsonian's National Conversation on Race
Smithsonian's National Conversation on Race
In December, Nolan is producing the opening performance for the Smithsonian Institution's inaugural National Conversation on Race. The performance will feature the NEWorks Voices of America performing selections from Nolan's touring concert production, STIRRING THE WATERS ACROSS AMERICA.
Let Freedom Ring!
Smithsonian's National Conversation on Race
Smithsonian's National Conversation on Race
In January, Nolan is music producing this annual MLK birthday commemoration, co-presented by Georgetown University and The Kennedy Center. The 2023 Let Freedom Ring concert will feature Tony and Grammy winner Leslie Odom, Jr. along with the Let Freedom Ring Choir.
Nolan & NEWORKS HAVE won SEVEN 2022 TELLY AWARDS!
"Becoming Douglass Commonwealth," the documentary Nolan produced and directed last year, has swept every category bringing home a staggering SEVEN 2022 TELLY AWARDS!
Presented by Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and produced by NEWorks Productions, "Becoming..." was released in April 2021 and has aired, to date, in five CBS east coast markets and on DCTV.
With over 12,000 entries from all 50 states and five continents, the Telly Awards are the global gold standard for excellence in video and television across all platforms.
Here's a full list of the awarded prize categories.
GOLD PRIZE
DAMIEN GETER'S 'AN AFRICAN AMERICAN REQUIEM'
Nolan's NEWorks Philharmonic Orchestra and NEWorks Voices of America joined forces with the Choral Arts Society of Washington to perform a critically-acclaimed, east coast premiere of Portland composer Damien Geter’s Requiem.
Photo credit: Shannon Finney courtesy of Choral Arts
KENNEDY CENTER World Premiere of Commissioned SONG
Nolan recently premiered "We are the ones to heal our land," a justice-themed pop anthem commissioned by Choral Arts Society of Washington and Washington Performing Arts for their annual "Living the Dream, Singing the Dream" MLK concert.
GRACE @ FORD'S THEATRE
Nolan's musical GRACE had its world premiere at the historic Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. from March 19 to May 14, 2022.
Watch this WETA Arts/PBS feature story to learn more about the show.
Click here to view Playbill's first look images of the show!
Photo credit: André Chung
And check out these GRACE reviews...
"soulful and heart-filled..."
"soulful and heart-filled..."
"soulful and heart-filled..."
David Friscic, BroadwayWorld
"...a knockout of a musical"
"soulful and heart-filled..."
"soulful and heart-filled..."
Andre Hereford, MetroWeekly
"unstoppably entertaining..."
"soulful and heart-filled..."
"unstoppably entertaining..."
Gregory Ford, D.C. Metro Theatre Arts
AND MORE...
Social Practice Residency
Social Practice Residency
Social Practice Residency
In 2019, Nolan was named the inaugural Social Practice Resident at The Kennedy Center REACH. His focal project has been the development of STIRRING THE WATERS ACROSS AMERICA, his theatrical concert production that highlights seminal moments of the modern Civil Rights Movement from 1954 to 1968. Click here to view the gallery of images that chronicle year one of his residency.
Music Publications
Social Practice Residency
Social Practice Residency
Nolan is chief music editor of the bestselling African American Heritage Hymnal. Released by GIA Publications in 2001, this landmark compilation has sold over 500K copies worldwide. Nolan is also associate editor of Total Praise, the 2012 hymnal developed for the eight-million-member National Baptist Convention, USA, and third-most contri
Nolan is chief music editor of the bestselling African American Heritage Hymnal. Released by GIA Publications in 2001, this landmark compilation has sold over 500K copies worldwide. Nolan is also associate editor of Total Praise, the 2012 hymnal developed for the eight-million-member National Baptist Convention, USA, and third-most contributing arranger for Lead Me, Guide Me - Second Edition, an African American Catholic hymnal (2012).
Special Recognitions
Social Practice Residency
Special Recognitions
Nolan's honors include: seven 2022 Telly Awards for his television special advocating for D.C. statehood, including the coveted Gold Prize for Best TV Documentary; three 2021 Telly Awards Bronze Prizes for his live chat series co-hosted with celebrity Chef Carla Hall and his voting rights anthem; 2019 Arts Advocacy Award, Kennedy Center N
Nolan's honors include: seven 2022 Telly Awards for his television special advocating for D.C. statehood, including the coveted Gold Prize for Best TV Documentary; three 2021 Telly Awards Bronze Prizes for his live chat series co-hosted with celebrity Chef Carla Hall and his voting rights anthem; 2019 Arts Advocacy Award, Kennedy Center National Committee for the Performing Arts; 2017 W.E.B. Du Bois Arts & Education Award; 2013 honorary Doctor of Music, Richmond Virginia Seminary; 2012 American Cancer Society Award; 2012 Genius4Men Award.