Nicole Pryor, raised only thirty minutes from one of America's entertainment capitals, Hollywood, California, always felt the call to be a performer. At the age of 5, she began taking piano lessons. And at the age of 12, with the encouragement and support of her parents and chorus teacher, she began taking voice lessons and writing original music. Her hard work paid off with a scholarship to Pepperdine University for
classical voice. She graduated in 2000 with a degree in Advertising and Music.
Nicole worked many odd jobs, including working in Advertising and as a High School Algebra Teacher, before she landed her first performance job playing the role of Yonah in the musical, "Children Of Eden" at Cabrillo Music Theater in Thousand Oaks,
California. That same year, she became Miss Ventura County 2002 and 4th Runner-Up to Miss California in the Miss America Organization. She was also submitted for a GRAMMY Nomination for her vocal recording of Jim Centorino's "Song Of The
Albatross" on his "Three Dreams" album. From there, she booked a series of singing jobs from performing in the a cappella group, American Vybe at Disney in Orlando, Florida to her current job, performing the role of the Wardrobe Mistress and
Confidante in Andrew Lloyd Webber's "The Phantom Of The Opera" in Las Vegas.
While in Las Vegas, Nicole recorded her first CD, "Nicole Pryor – Unplugged." This CD featured Nicole's talents in their most organic form. There was very little production on this recording. And Nicole wrote the songs, played the piano, and sang all of the vocals on the CD.
On New Year's Eve 2007, Nicole was inspired to write her declaration song, "I'm Here," the title of her solo career debut. "I'm Here", "Movin' On", and "Say Goodbye", written by Nicole, are all on her debut demo CD. Nicole credits her talented arranger, pianist, producer, and friend, Tony Branco, for taking her songs to the next level. Nicole says that Tony is God's gift to her music.
Nicole, with her vocal and writing talents is ready to make a splash on the music scene. As a solo artist, she is a gifted vocalist and writer. And a person, Nicole is not only a hard worker, but very easy and pleasant to work with. Her work ethic,
personality and talent will most definitely make an impact on the music industry and the world.
