About

Nicholas Greer-Young (they/them) is a bassist and pedagogue from Royal Oak, Michigan. They have performed extensively with orchestras in Michigan and Ohio and can be heard playing with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra on the soundtrack of Gradually, Then Suddenly: The Bankruptcy of Detroit. Other engagements include performances with the Richmond Symphony, New Orchestra of Washington, and Appalachian Chamber Music Festival.

As a teacher, Nick serves as a Lecturer of Music at Washington and Lee University and has coached the bass sections of the Detroit Symphony Youth Orchestra and Columbus Symphony Chamber Strings Youth Orchestra. Their students have been awarded superior ratings at OMEA Solo and Ensemble adjudicated events as well as the International Society of Bassists’ George Vance & George Wellington Young Bassist Scholarship.

Nick is currently a doctoral student at James Madison University studying double bass performance with Sam Suggs and teaching courses in bass pedagogy. They completed their Bachelor of Music in Double Bass Performance at Bowling Green State University, studying with Robert Rohwer, and their Master of Arts in String Pedagogy at The Ohio State University.

Additionally, Nick has studied at the Académie Internationale Domaine Forget de Charlevoix, privately with Detroit Symphony Principal Bass, Kevin Brown, and was a fellow at the Sarasota Music Festival during the summers of 2023 and 2024.