Architectural History and Cultural Heritage
Peer Reviewed:
| 2025 | ‘Provenience of a Monument: Serial Rediscovery in the Image History of Urnes Stave Church’. Kunst Og Kultur 108, no. 3–4 (18 December 2025): 99–114. https://doi.org/10.18261/kk.108.3-4.3. |
| ‘Provenience’, in Provenance in Architecture. A Dictionary, Ed. Uwe Fleckner and Mari Lending (Berlin: Hatje Cantz, 2025), 154–159. ‘Reproduction’, in Provenance in Architecture. A Dictionary, Ed. Uwe Fleckner and Mari Lending (Berlin: Hatje Cantz, 2025), 170–175. | |
| ‘Preserving Mystery: Hermeneutical Approaches to Communicating Reconstruction of the Urnes Style Church ‘. Biennial International Conference for the Craft Sciences. https://biccs.dh.gu.se/2025/2025-49/1 | |
| ‘Portal Propagations: Reproduction, Reception, and Rediscovery in the Life of the Urnes Portal’. Doctoral thesis, The Oslo School of Architecture and Design, 2025. https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.32935.66723 | |
| 2023 | ‘The Matter of Illusion: Seeing the Surface of Facsimiles’. Metode (ROM for Kunst Og Arkitektur) Vol.1 Deep Surface (2023). https://metode.r-o-m.no/artikler/essay/the-matter-of-illusion-seeing-the-surface-of-facsimiles. |
| ‘Urnes Stave Church and Its Global Romanesque Connections (Book Review)’. Journal of the British Archaeological Association 176, no. 1 (2023): 321–23. https://doi.org/10.1080/00681288.2023.2234760. | |
| 2009 | ‘Towards Digital Ornament‘ – BArch thesis, Manchester School of Architecture, 2009. |
Popular Dissemination/Professional Contributions:
| 2026 | ‘Glemte bilder forteller en annerledes historie om Norges eldste bevarte stavkirke’. Forskning.no, with Anders Moen Kaste, February 2026. https://www.forskning.no/arkitektur-historie-humaniora/glemte-bilder-forteller-en-annerledes-historie-om-norges-eldste-bevarte-stavkirke/2616016 |
| 2025 | ‘Hva gjør et motiv fra Urnes stavkirke på en ukrainsk minnemynt?’. Forskning.no, with Audun Farbrot, March 2025. https://www.forskning.no/aho-kulturhistorie-kulturlandskap/hva-gjor-et-motiv-fra-urnes-stavkirke-pa-en-ukrainsk-minnemynt/2481704 |
| 2023 | ‘Producing a Portal – Observations from Hjerleid’. Treets Mester blogg (Fortidsminneforeningen), December 2023. https://urnesstavkirke.no/blogg-treets-mester/producing-a-portal-observations-from-hjerleid/. |
Music
Arrangements:
| 2019 | Deet Darh (brass band) – Nick Walkley x Nick Walters (Riot Jazz Brass Band). Adapted and extended for Manger Musikklag, first performed at SIDDIS Brass, November 2019. |
| 2018 | Paean (brass band) – Herbert Howells, arranged Nick Walkley. First performed by Manger Musikklag, December 2018. |
| 2018 | Kyrie (brass band) – Einojuhani Rautavaara, arranged Nick Walkley. First performed by Manger Musikklag, December 2018. |
| 2018 | Eg veit i himmerik ei borg (brass band) – Traditional Norwegian hymn, arranged by Nick Walkley. Adapted from trumpet sextet, first performed by Manger Musikklag, September 2018. |
| 2017 | Fanitullen (brass band) – Johan Halvorsen, arranged Nick Walkley. Cornet section feature. Adapted from octet version, first performed by Manger Musikklag, September 2017. |
| 2017 | I Dovregubbens ‘hood (school band) – Edvard Grieg, arranged Nick Walkley. For Sæbø Skulemusikklag, first performed autumn 2017. |
| 2016 | Heart of Courage/Norwegian Pirate (brass band) – Thomas Jacob Bergersen, arranged Nick Walkley. First performed by Stavanger Brass Band, June 2016. |
| 2016 | Fanitullen (cornet octet) – Johan Halvorsen, arranged Nick Walkley. First performed as a multitrack recording by Nick Walkley, May 2016. |
| 2016 | Galiarda (brass quintet) – Thomas Morley, arranged Nick Walkley. First performed by æðelfrìth brass quintet at Hampton Court Chapel, March 2016. |
| 2015 | Eg veit i himmerik ei borg (trumpet sextet) – Traditional Norwegian hymn, arranged Nick Walkley. Written for the trumpet section of the Welsh Guards Band. |
| 2015 | Jorvikekkoer (brass quintet, with Lurs) – Nick Walkley. First performed by æðelfrìth brass quintet at Ryedale Festival, July 2019. |
| 2015 | Lachrimae Antiquae Novae (brass quintet with harps) – John Dowland, arranged Nick Walkley. First performed by æðelfrìth brass ensemble. |
| 2014 | Mirrorball (brass quintet with harps) – Elbow, arranged Nick Walkley. First performed by æðelfrìth brass ensemble. |
| 2013 | Paean (10 piece brass ensemble) – Herbert Howells, arranged Nick Walkley. First performed by æðelfrìth brass ensemble at St Martin in the Fields, December 2013. |
| 2013 | The most high and mighty Christianus the fourth King Of Denmark; his galliard (10 piece brass ensemble) – John Dowland, arr Nick Walkley. First performed by æðelfrìth brass ensemble at St Martin in the Fields, December 2013. |
| 2013 | Norwegian Dance (10 piece brass ensemble with percussion) – Torstein Aagaard-Nilsen, adapted by Nick Walkley. First performed by æðelfrìth brass ensemble at St Martin in the Fields, December 2013. |
| 2013 | Bulletproof… I wish I was (brass quintet, vocals and percussion) – Radiohead, arranged Nick Walkley. First performed by æðelfrìth brass ensemble, February 2013. |
| 2013 | Ljósið (brass quintet with vibraphone) – Olafur Arnalds, arranged Nick Walkley. First performed by æðelfrìth brass ensemble, February 2013. |
| 2012 | The Black Knight (military band) – William Rimmer, transcribed by Nick Walkley from original brass band score, and used by Irish Guards Band on ceremonial duties in London. |
| 2012 | Dusk over Lough Gur (looped flugelhorn, bodhran and tin whistle) – Nick Walkley. First written for soloist and electronics, later adapted to include quintet accompaniment. |
| 2001 | Waterlillies (cornet with brass band) – Nick Walkley. Published by Wright & Round. |
Journalism:
| 2015 | Lasting Principals – 13 October 2015, Nick Walkley meets David Read MBE, a former member of the Welsh Guards Cornet section and a treasured figure of the British Brass Band scene. |
| Owen Farr – Regent Hall solo recital review – 19 October 2015 | |
| Royal Academy of Music, Brass ensemble concert review, Regent Hall – 19 October 2015 | |
| 2013 | BTS day at RAM report, Trombonist Spring 2013 – Report on a British Trombone Society day at RAM. |
| ‘Royal Academy of Music Brass Department – Success Stories – December 2013 |
Teaching resources:
| 2015 | Practising Practice – A pdf presentation about practice, goals and motivation. |
| The British Cornet Sound – A collection of favourite YouTube videos from British Cornet players. | |
| The diaphragm delusion – A short article on the misuse of instruction in breathing techniques, specifically the dreaded phrase ‘use the diaphragm!’. What does it actually mean?! | |
| 2014 | Practice planner template – Use this form to set goals, work to targets and plan a detailed practice routine down to the minute. Re-evaluate progress every few months and adjust the routine as necessary. This method is useful beyond music practice, try it for other things! |
| Music – why bother? …and how to – Developed from notes for a workshop presentation given in Auckland, NZ. In part one; I question music, what exactly it is and the reasons for our treacherous pursuit of perfection in performance. Part two sets out a detailed practice methodology building on workshop experiences with Pacho Flores, Anthony Plog and Håkan Hardenberger. | |
| The British Cornet Sound – A collection of favourite YouTube videos from British Cornet players. | |
| Misc | Arban – THE cornet method – Free PDF download of the most important tutor book written for the instrument. |
| Daily Trumpet Warm up – A step by step warm up, based on a collection of various other common exercises. Use this as a basis to get things working to maximum possible potential. |