Nicki studied cello at the Royal Academy of Music and Trinity College of Music and then taught at Westminster School, London and worked as a freelance cellist in London. She has lived in North Wales since 2002 and plays principal cello for Ensemble Cymru, Welsh Chamber Orchestra, Mid Wales Opera, Opra Cymru, North Wales Orchestra and Aberystwyth Choral Society, as well as being in demand for other freelance concerts. Nicki teaches at the Junior Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, all abilities and ages privately, at Bangor University and at the Canolfan Gerdd William Mathias, where she also set up and conducts the community orchestra. Nicki enjoys mountain walking, and growing vegetables.