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Peter Nicholas is a Jazz guitarist from Adelaide, Australia. Since the beginning of his study at The Elder Conservatorium of Music under the guidance of Guitarist Mike Bevan, Nicholas has played with many different names and groups such as The Airbenders, Boss Trio, Jazz It Up, Baker Boys, Jazz SA Superbands and various other artists. In 2012, Peter was selected as a ‘James Morrison Scholarship Future Finalist’ where he participated in the Generations in Jazz competition held in Mt, Gambier. During 2013, Peter was once again selected as Future Finalist and also won the prestigious ‘Elaine Evelyn Findlay Award’ for Top Jazz Guitar undergraduate awarded by the Helpmann Academy, performing with the world renowned vocal acapela group ‘The Idea of North’ during the Jazz award night. Peter currently holds an EP 'Way Below' recorded early in 2013 and is planning on recording a complete album in 2014. Influenced from the styles of Gilad Hekselman, Kurt Rosenwinkel, James Muller and