Nigel Clarke

Nigel Clarke (born 1960) is a British composer and musician. He is a former head of composition and contemporary music at the London College of Music and Media.

Clarke began his career as a military bandsman, then studied composition at the Royal Academy of Music with composer Paul Patterson. While at the Royal Academy, he was awarded the Queen's Commendation for Excellence. He was previously Young Composer in Residence at The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, Composition and Contemporary Music Tutor at the Royal Academy of Music, London, Head of Composition at the London College of Music and Media, a visiting tutor at the Royal Northern College of Music and Associate Composer to the world famous Black Dyke Mills Band , Associate Composer to the Band of the Grenadier Guards, Composer-in-Residence to the Marinierskapel der Koninklijke Marine (Marine Band of the Royal Netherlands Navy) and Associate Composer to Brass Band Buizingen in Belgium. He has also been guest professor at the Xinjiang Arts Institute in China and Associate Composer to the Royal Military School of Music, Kneller Hall. More recently he has become Visiting Composer to Middle Tennessee State University Bands and International Composer in Association to the world famous Grimethorpe Colliery Band in the UK.

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UTech staff agree to settle salary dispute

Jamaica Observer 19 May 2019

University of Technology, Jamaica Academic Staff Union (UTASU) President Lebert Langley said ... The resolution of the protracted dispute followed a meeting with teams from the ministries of Finance and the Public Service (MoFPS) and Education, Youth and Information (MOEYI), chaired by Dr Nigel Clarke at the Ministry of Finance on Friday, May 10 ... ....

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Government reform to improve global competitiveness – Clarke

The Gleaner 14 May 2019

Finance and the Public Service Minister Dr Nigel Clarke said additional reforms being accelerated by the Government to improve Jamaica’s global competitiveness should serve to further boost the country’s ranking on the World Bank Doing Business ... ....

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Elliott seals easy opener for the Saffrons

Irish Independent 13 May 2019

Goals from Ciaran Clarke, Nicky McKeague and Nigel Elliott paved the way for victory over the Munster side, who lost corner-back John Buckley to a straight red card in the 57th minute ... Goals from Ciaran Clarke, Nicky McKeague and Nigel Elliott paved the way for victory over the ......

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Laois outgun Offaly in thrilling seven-goal shootout

Irish Independent 12 May 2019

Brian Lowry. May 12 2019 6.30 PM. 0 Comments Laois outgun Offaly in thrilling seven-goal shootout. Independent.ie ... https.//www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/hurling/laois-outgun-offaly-in-thrilling-sevengoal-shootout-38102334.html ... Email ... Goals from Ciaran Clarke, Nicky McKeague and Nigel Elliott paved the way after Kerry had started the brighter ... ....

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Antrim flex their muscles with 14-point win over Kerry

RTE 11 May 2019

It was tit for tat right up until the 32nd minute, when Ciaran Clarke found the net ... Nigel Elliott (1-00) for McNaughton (48), Joe Maskey (0-01) for O’Neill (61), David Kearney (0-01) for McKeague (61), Daniel McCloskey for Clarke (67), Kevin Rice (0-01) for McCann (69)....

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Watch: Antrim start McDonagh Cup with win over Kerry

BBC News 11 May 2019

Ciaran Clarke, Nicky McKeague and Nigel Elliott netted for the ......

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Dame Helen Mirren is an absolute queen as Russian Empress Catherine The Great

Metro UK 10 May 2019

Reading parts of her speech in tandem is award-winning actor Jason Clarke, who plays Catherine’s love interest, military commander Grigory Potemkin ... It’s set to be a compelling story with a star-studded cast that includes Joseph Quinn (Les Miserables) and Gina McKee (Bodyguard), as well as Jason Clarke (The Great Gatsby)....

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World Bank partners with government to set up catastrophe fund

Jamaica Observer 09 May 2019

It is one of five components of the layered multifaceted approach, which Finance and Public Service Minister Nigel Clarke says is being pursued by the Government, four of which have already been executed ... Clarke said, are the Caribbean Catastrophe Reinsurance Fund and annual programmed fiscal year budgetary allocations....

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Hand-trike helps teen wheelchair user finish Great Limerick Run

The Irish Times 06 May 2019

Fourteen-year-old Sean Byrnes, born without the use of his legs, was one of thousands who completed the Great Limerick Run on Sunday ... “It felt great, and the weather was lovely, so it made it better ... “This is my fifth 10km ... Simple motto ... “Nuns” Alan Connors, Peter Clarke and Nigel Waters, all from Limerick, wore their habits for the race. Inspired ... ....

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Clarke wades into forex spat - Warns market to view central bank critics with suspicion

The Gleaner 26 Apr 2019

WESTERN BUREAU. In an apparent swipe at the head of Jamaica’s most powerful business lobby, Finance Minister Dr Nigel Clarke yesterday led a spirited defence of the central bank’s foreign exchange management, batting aside criticism of currency... ....

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Absolutely no pegging J$ to US$, says Clarke

Jamaica Observer 26 Apr 2019

MONTEGO BAY, St James — In response to a recent call for the pegging of the Jamaican currency to the US dollar, Minister of Finance Dr Nigel Clarke has highlighted the creation of 100,000 jobs among a raft of tangible gains the economy has derived from the current floating exchange rate regime....

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More low-cost housing ahead – Clarke

The Gleaner 22 Apr 2019

Dr Nigel Clarke, minister of finance, has said that reducing transfer tax to two per cent will boost the supply of lower-cost housing, based on the fact that costs have been reduced for developers to provide cheaper housing. “There is significant... ....

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Proud of you, SBAJ, but now the work begins

Jamaica Observer 21 Apr 2019

Over the decades, successive governments have provided specialised pools of funding with mixed success ... In his address on the final day of the MSME conference, Minister of Finance and the Public Service Dr Nigel Clarke announced that he had established a committee to examine the feasibility of asset-based financing as a funding option for MSMEs ... ....