Composer/ Pianist Nicholas Underhill studied composition at Hampshire College, Amherst College, and the New England Conservatory of Music. His composition teachers include Pulitzer Prize winner Lewis Spratlan, William Thomas McKinley, Donald Wheelock and James McElwaine, as well as consultations with Donald Erb, Margaret Brouwer, and Dennis Eberhard. He has been commissioned by the Cleveland Orchestra, the Gramercy Trio, the Ohio Music Teachers Association, The Fortnightly Musical Club, The Cleveland Flute Society, Cleveland Orchestra players Mary Kay Fink, Takako Masame, Lisa Boyko and Richard King, as well as harpist Jocelyn Chang.
Well known in Boston and New York City and Cleveland as a champion of new music for the piano, he has performed solo recitals in Carnegie Recital Hall and Merkin Concert Hall. He has taught Piano at Mount Union College and Hiram College, and has performed on numerous occaisions with the Cleveland Ballet Orchestra, the Cleveland Chamber Symphony and the Cleveland Chamber Collective.
Contact: n.underhill@att.net
216-486-1884