Nolan Gibbons

**Nolan Gibbons** (July 12, 2005 – August 18, 2020) was an American singer, actor and songwriter.

## Career

He began singing locally at age 9 with the community service and music troupe, The Showstoppers. By the age of 10, Gibbons, started to write original music about Love, Life and Lost

In 2017, at the age of 12, Nolan won New England’s Got Talent by performing an a cappella version of John Lennon’s “Imagine,” which he arranged and produced himself.

At time of his death, he was working on an original album of songs he had been writing, recording, and producing himself. His parents will honor his plans by releasing his original music.

### 2018-2020: Acapop! Kids

In 2018, Nolan audition to Acapop! Kids as a Soprano, as the audition process went on his voice keep getting lower so he became a Baritone and making him improving on his beatboxing. In the final process he met Ethan Hanzlik, Jaden Coronado, Camryn Quinlan, Naisha Kadiveti, Ava Grace, Nick Mangiaratti, Lizzy Newell and Samuel Parker. In September 2018, he got accepted as the main vocal percussion of the group.

After been accepted on Acapop, in December 2018, he shot and record Shallow and Valerie.

Between April and December 2019, he went back on shooting videos like Sunflower, High Hopes, Nothing Breaks Like a Heart, Without Me, High Horse, Bohemian Rhapsody/ Somebody To Love , Fix You, Into the Unknown. All I Want for Christmas is You.

In January 2020, he shot Kelly Clarkson Medley. Soon after that, he got luck by performing on The Kelly Clarkson Show, after the success of the video.

Around May, due to the Covid-19, they could not get closed so it's created the Acapop! Minis, where itch member shot a video on their own house. He recorded Don't Start Now, The Other Side, Supalonely, Say So, Rain on Me, Adore You, and a remake of High Hopes.

In September 2020, two weeks after Nolan's passing, in his memory, Acapop! KIDS put together a memorial video of Nolan's audition song, This City as the main soloist.

In 2022, Acapop! Kids audition to American's Got Talent, honoring Nolan. The episode aired on July 12, 2022. His parents were present on the audience.

## Personal Life

Gibbons was born to Sheila and Warren Gibbons on July 12, 2005. Nolan was a rising sophomore at Old Rochester Regional High School As a Sippican School student he reported for the Cub Reporters, a prolific student news media team. At Old Rochester Regional High School Nolan earned the Excellence in Chorus award for his first year. Online, Nolan wrote that his goal was to one day attend Berklee College of Music.

On August 18, 2020, Nolan died on his sleep unexpectedly. The cause of death was ruled as Sudden Unexplained Death in Childhood (SUDC) after nothing was found.

On May 2021, Sheila and Warren Gibbons announced that would hold a festival called NolanFest, in his memory event on July 11, the day before Nolan’s 16th birthday. To celebrate his life, On February 2022, it was announced by Gibbons' parents, that another would be held on July 23, 2022 at Silvershell Beach, Marion, MA between 5 - 9pm. On Juky 23, 2022 was announced that 3rd NolanFest will be hold on July 15, 2023.

## Trivia

* In Sepyember 2018, he joined the Acapop! Kids.
* After meeting Ethan, the boys became really closeand they make a duo call Dyadd9
* In 2017, He joined the Acapella app for
* In his memory the A Cappella Academy form a scholarship fund named *Nolan Gibbons Scholarship*