Nicky Swett

Cellist, writer, and music researcher Nicky Swett recently finished a PhD on the wordless music analyses of Hans Keller in the Department of Music of the University of Cambridge, where he held a Gates Scholarship. His research interests include music cognition, analysis, transcription, and music education. He has served as a program annotator for many major concert organizations, including the BBC, the New York Philharmonic, the Chicago Symphony, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. He was the writer and host of Music@Menlo’s AudioNotes from 2022-24, and his new podcast, Words on Wordlessness, is available on Spotify and Apple Music.