Welcome to the website of Michelle Nelson, composer, guitarist, educator; a musician committed to developing works that blend contemporary with traditional composition practices.

“I’m proud to see the new Concordia album Eclipse finally being released by Move Records in April 2023. Getting it finished was a long road but the wait has proved worthwhile! Especially pleasing are the wonderful Bishops Spell, featuring Will Hardy on recorder, and the full mandola concerto Eclipse featuring Darryl Barron on mandola. Writing and recording new instrumental works is a long but satisfying process. I do hope you enjoy them too.”

Michelle Nelson

Previous works

Michelle has written several works that have been popular on Classic FM radio - Brolga Dances and Pacifica, with the Melbourne Mandolin Orchestra on the 2009 release Brolga Dances [Move MCD410], The Bells of Beechworth and Sonata for Flute & Guitar on the composer’s 2013 release After The Fire [Move MCD492], A Midsummer Dance with Concordia Mandolin & Guitar Ensemble on their 2016 album Ringing The Strings [Move MCD557], amongst others.