Nicholas Courtman

Please be aware that the CV sections are still under construction and are therefore not yet complete in terms of content.

Nature

Prunus spinosa 1 drawing has been completed of the upper (adaxial) leaf surface.
Rosa canina 1 drawing has been completed of the upper (adaxial) leaf surface.
Crateagus mongyna 1 drawing has been completed of the upper (adaxial) leaf surface.
Corylus avellana 1 drawing has been completed of the upper (adaxial) leaf surface.

Princetown to Ivybridge – 2022-11-09 Completed hike as "Leader / Supervisor". Weather conditions: "Overcast"; wind: "Gentle Breeze"

Bishop's Diocesan Council (Member – 2026–present)
Exeter Diocesan Synod (Lay Representative – 2024–present)
Plymouth Archidiaconal Mission and Pastoral Committee (Member – 2024–present)
Ivybridge Deanery Synod (Lay Representative – 2023–present)
Ivybridge Deanery Synod (Lay Chair – 2024–present) Vision 2026+; Deanery boundary change
St John the Evangelist, Ivybridge PCC (Member – 2018–2019) Parish website
St Petroc's, Harford PCC (Member – 2021–present) Harford Special Spaces
University of York Anglican Society (Chair – 2010–2012) Founded the Anglican Society
University of York Christian Union (Small Group Leader – 2009–2009)
Bishop's Stortford College Christian Union (Leader – 2006–2008) Founded the Christian Union

Fugues – TO24.1 (In progress) A collection of compositional practice works for building skills.
Sung Eucharist in Ordinary Time – TO24.2 (In progress) A service setting for upper and lower voices and organ, written for St Petroc's Church, Harford.
Wedding Partita – TO24.3 A 5-movement, 2-voice partita written for the wedding of Bronwen Allen and James Quan-Thomas, each movement based on a meaningful theme. Written for manuals; recorded on piano.
Lullaby – TO24.4 Commissioned for the birth of a friend's grandchild. For viola and voice.
Passion According to St Matthew – TO24.5 A Passion setting written for the South Dartmoor Mission Community for Good Friday 2026. Uses text from the Bible and poetry by the late Barbara MacAndrew of Harford.
Voluntaries – TO24.6 (In progress) A growing suite of organ voluntaries for festival and Sunday service use.
Evensong Setting – TO24.7 (Planned) A setting of the Magnificat, Nunc Dimittis, and Preces and Responses.

Harford Occasional Choir (2025 to present) as Conductor and served as Director during his membership
Chaplaincy Choir (2009 to 2013) as Conductor and served as Director during his membership
University of York Concert Orchestra (2009 to 2013) as Viola and served as Lead Viola and Librarian during his membership
University of York Choir (2009 to 2013) as Bass
Bishop's Stortford Methodist Church Choir (2006 to 2009) as Bass
Bishop's Stortford College String Quartet (2004 to 2009) as Viola
Bishop's Stortford College Choir (2004 to 2009) as Bass
Bishop's Stortford College Orchestra (2004 to 2009) as Viola and served as Lead Viola during his membership
Essex Young People's Orchestra (2004 to 2006) as Viola and served as Lead Viola during his membership
Younger Singers (2001 to 2004) as Soprano

UK Hydrographic Office 2021-12-13 to present, Geospatial Data Engineer (Remote) as grades B3, B2 and B1
HM Land Registry 2017-11-06 to 2021-12-03, DevOps Infrastructure Engineer as grade RE2L

Kubernetes Administration Completed 2021-07-07 over 1 course whilst at HM Land Registry
Systems Operations on AWS Completed 2019-10-02 over 1 course whilst at HM Land Registry
Future Leaders Programme Completed 2019-09-01 over 1 course whilst at HM Land Registry
Red Hat Administration Completed 2019-02-14 over 3 courses whilst at HM Land Registry

NC#23.07 Baker Boy (Tailoring) My wife enjoys Baker Boys, so for her birthday I crafted her one.
NC#26.01 Smock (Tailoring) A birthday gift for my wife, part of a larger on-going project to tailor an entire Henrician outfit. This was entirely sewn by hand and with period materials.

NC#20.07 Flute Mount (Cabinetry) A thank-you gift for my sister-in-law.
NC#21.01 Coffee Table (Cabinetry) My first proper foray into cabinetry with a coffee table made for my wife's birthday.
NC#21.02 Key Tray (Cabinetry) A house-warming gift for my sister-in-law.
NC#23.02 Workshop Desk (Cabinetry) I needed a multi-purpose computer workstation where I can work-from-home, as well as interact with my homelab. This desk is hand-crafted and finished with French Polish. It uses aestheically designed curves for ergonomics, and includes a built in hot-swap for work and home machines so that they can both use my full KVM setup.
NC#23.03 Altimeter Stand (Cabinetry) A birthday gift for my mother-in-law.
NC#22.01 Shop Back Door (Carpentry) To make my workshop habitable I needed to fix up the back door which was rotten. This new door is a post-and-stile door framed by hand complete with a double-glazed unit and a cat-flap, all in shop colours.