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About Dr. Nick S.
Experience
Adjunct Faculty
Aug, 2021 - PresentMitchell Community College
Teach applied saxophone to students in the Fine Arts - Music program.
Adjunct Faculty
Oct, 2020 - PresentSouth Piedmont Community College
Teach music courses such as Music Appreciation and History of Rock.
Musician/Proprieter
Jan, 2020 - PresentUwharrie Duo
The Uwharrie Duo formed in 2020 to offer a blend of traditional and contemporary chamber music performances and educational artistic-development workshops to residents of Stanly County and surrounding communities through recitals, lectures, and masterclasses. Its members include saxophonist Nick and pianist Zoey Brouthers. Nick and Zoey both currently serve on the faculty of Pfeiffer University located in Misenheimer, North Carolina.
Adjunct Instructor of Saxophone
Aug, 2019 - PresentPfeiffer University
Teaching applied saxophone to undergraduate music majors, music minors, and non-majors. Topics range from foundational skills, scales and technique, etudes and duets, selected classical repertoire, jazz improvisation, and pedagogy.
Musician
Mar, 2019 - PresentRowan Big Band All Stars
Playing saxophone in a big band ensemble. Description courtesy of the Rowan Big Band website: "The Rowan Big Band All Stars is an 18-piece community big band in the tradition of Glenn Miller, Count Basie, Duke Ellington and other early twentieth-century great bandleaders, home-based in Landis, North Carolina and specializing in Great American Songbook favorites and big band swing."
Musician/Chamber Ensemble Director
Feb, 2019 - PresentStanly County Concert Band
Playing saxophone in a concert band ensemble of local musicians volunteering their time and talent. Also contributes as the Director of Chamber Ensembles for the organization. Description courtesy of the SCCB website: "The mission of the Stanly County Concert Band is to provide lifelong participation in music and to enhance the cultural life of Stanly County and the region through free or low cost performances."
Adjunct Instructor of Saxophone
Aug, 2017 - Dec, 2018Creighton University
Teaching applied saxophone to music majors, music minors, and non-majors. Topics range from foundational skills, scales and technique, etudes and duets, selected classical repertoire, jazz improvisation, and pedagogy.
Musician
Aug, 2017 - May, 2018Johnny Manhattan Orchestra
Playing saxophone in a dance band ensemble. Description courtesy of the Johnny Manhattan Facebook page: "The Johnny Manhattan Orchestra is the premier BIG BAND orchestra in Lincoln, Nebraska. We are a 19 piece professional band with unmatched vocalists performing the BEST of the swing era tunes you know and love!"
Adjunct Instructor of Saxophone
Aug, 2015 - May, 2016East Tennessee State University
Teaching applied saxophone to music majors, music minors, and non-majors. Topics range from foundational skills, scales and technique, etudes and duets, selected classical repertoire, jazz improvisation, and pedagogy. Also coordinated the saxophone quartet chamber ensemble and taught the saxophone portion of the woodwind methods course for music education majors.
Education
Bachelor of Arts
Aug, 2008 - Aug, 2013Clemson University
Doctor of Musical Arts
Aug, 2016 - Dec, 2019University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Master of Music
Aug, 2014 - Dec, 2015Appalachian State University
Affiliations
Pi Kappa Lambda
Dec, 2015An American honor society for undergraduate students, graduate students, and professors of music. There are currently 205 active chapters and approximately 64,500 individual members.
North American Saxophone Alliance
Aug, 2016The North American Saxophone Alliance is an organization made up of individuals who share a common interest in the saxophone. Members include professional performers, university professors, public school teachers, students of all levels, and others who have an interest in the saxophone. In addition to the Alliance's emphasis on disseminating information concerning the saxophone, the organization also works to provide opportunities for its members to make music, fostering fellowship among saxophone enthusiasts of all ages and backgrounds.
College Music Society, The
Aug, 2016The College Music Society promotes music teaching and learning, musical creativity and expression, research and dialogue, and diversity and interdisciplinary interaction. A consortium of college, conservatory, university, and independent musicians and scholars interested in all disciplines of music, the Society provides leadership and serves as an agent of change by addressing concerns facing music in higher education.
Languages
Spanish
Limited Proficiency
English
Native Proficiency
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