Erina Nolan

Erina Nolan is an artist who interprets music with sensitive colors and emotions throughout her passionate and captivating performances. A native of Tokyo, Japan, Ms. Nolan is an international soloist and collaborative pianist who has performed in Japan, the United States, Italy, and Switzerland.
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Ms. Nolan has been featured as a soloist to perform piano concerti with Sierra College Wind Symphony, the Sacramento State Summer Symphony and the Sacramento State School of Music Orchestra. Ms. Nolan has also performed numerous premiers both as a soloist and a collaborative pianist.
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Ms. Nolan is currently a faculty member at Sierra College and the artist faculty of the Orfeo International Festival in Italy. In addition, she taught piano classes at Sacramento State School of Music. She is also a member of the National Music Honor Society, Pi Kappa Lambda and the Music Teachers Association of California. Ms. Nolan is regularly invited to adjudicate music competitions and festivals. She received her Masters degree in Piano Performance at Sacramento State School of Music.

Throughout her childhood in Japan, Ms. Nolan received numerous compositional prizes. Since her arrival to the United States, Ms. Nolan has won numerous scholarships and awards including the Sacramento State Concerto Competition, the Performance Artist Competition for the Festival of New American Music at Sacramento State, the A.J. and Susi Watson Student Chamber Music Competition Scholarship, a Saturday Club Scholarship, an honorable mention of the UC Davis Concerto Competition, the Student of the Year Award for Sierra College’s Music Department, etc. Ms. Nolan has also performed with the Sacramento Philharmonic, the California Youth Symphony, Camellia Symphony Orchestra, and the Sacramento State Symphony Orchestra.