Celebrate Noel on Norway Pond

Our annual holiday concert featuring our own Norway Pond Festival Singers and the Jr. Mints. This year’s special guests include Micah Nicol and Jacqui Armbruster.

Micah Nicol

Micah Nicol grew up with a mandolin in one hand and a banjo in the other playing bluegrass and classic country music with his father.  Micah has had stints as a semi-professional actor, competitive ballet, tap, jazz and ballroom dancer, and was awarded Best Performer and Best Male Soloist a record six times as part of Singsation, a show choir from Wapakoneta, Ohio. He received his Music Production & Engineering degree from Berklee College of Music as a pianist and spends most of his musical life as a guitarist and singer for The Ruta Beggars and Bookmatch. Micah has a deep love for musical theater and content creation and lives parallel lives as a magician, uni-cyclist, and clown.

Jacqui Armbruster

Jacqui Armbruster is a dynamic multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter, and improviser from Allentown, Pennsylvania. An active performer in the Greater Boston area, Jacqui can be found in a wide array of musical settings ranging from concert halls to house concerts. Jacqui’s musical collaborations reflect their diverse passions—whether in a string quartet, an old-time jam, or sharing their original music in a songwriter circle, Jacqui brings their omnivorous musical approach to each opportunity they get to share music with others. Jacqui earned their Bachelors degree in Viola Performance from Oberlin Conservatory in 2022  and a Masters of Music in Contemporary Musical Arts from the New England Conservatory in 2024. Their current project, Almost Olive, has just released their new EP, Almost Album.