Nick is a fourth generation musician, having the collective experience of the big band, bebop and fusion eras in his blood. Nick is a graduate of the University of Guelph’s music program where he studied jazz with guitarists and musicologists Dr. Howard Spring and Dr. Andrew Scott. He also augmented his education by taking private ear training and harmony lessons with Toronto composer Robert Mundinger. Nick, being a multi-instrumentalist, has worked as a composer for dance troupes and video game companies, and also works as musician in feature films. He is an active recording and performing artist, playing around the Toronto and Guelph areas. Nick’s focuses and on-going studies are in Jazz, Harmony/Orchestration and also the recording arts. Recently, Nick has been doing freelance composition and sound design work, playing in The Upside Trio with vocalist Justine Kormann and Bassist Dylan White, and also teaching guitar at Folkway Music in Guelph, On.