COMPOSER

Nancy Tucker approaches the guitar as if it were a miniature playground. She explores every sound possible from the strings, body, pegs, raw-wood, frets and even the strap. Then she cleverly integrates those sounds into instrumentals that depict grasshoppers at a cocktail party, or a recalcitrant washing machine on overload, or a cacophony of insect sounds blended into a rhythmic symphony. Whether playing her heartfelt melodic finger-style compositions or her inventive percussion-isms, Nancy’s engaging approach to acoustic guitar shines with personality. 

In addition to guitar, Nancy writes compositions for a variety of other instruments including strings, percussion and woodwinds, just to name a few. These works range from moving string quartets to humorous marimba / woodblock / violin / bassoon miniatures. 

“ … a fierce guitar that breaks a sweat under the weight of her compositions.”

THE CONCORD JOURNAL

“She is way on top of the art and craft of …writing and at the same time, clearly into having fun.”  Cathy Fink, two-time Grammy Winner

TWO-TIME GRAMMY WINNER

Cathy Fink

”I know a lot of people know Nancy Tucker as a comedian-musician-performer-extraordinaire, but I know her as a virtuoso guitarist, who is a delight to collaborate with."

RAW DESIGN LAB Douglass Ridgeway

“Nancy’s inventive instrumentals evoke feelings and images in the listener that express a depth and range of qualities difficult to capture in words … soothing, wistful, turbulent, playful.”

BOARD CERTIFIED MUSIC THERAPIST Bobbi Blake