Nick Grondin recently received his MM in Jazz Composition from the New England Conservatory. His works for jazz orchestra have received awards such as the 2008 ASCAP Young Jazz Composer Award, 2008 DownBeat Magazine Student Music Award for Jazz Arrangement and 2007 DownBeat Magazine Student Music Award for Best Extended Jazz Composition.
They have been performed by the Crazy Big Band in Paris, France, the Jazz Composers’ Workshop Orchestra in Boston, MA, and Mac Jazz Big Band in St. Paul, MN. He leads and conducts the Nick Grondin Jazz Orchestra, his own big band which will enter the studio this May to record four of his pieces.
Why does he compose? Read Nick’s Artist Statement.
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Big Band Compositions
New! Video: Nick Conducts his Newest Piece The Shifter, Live in Jordan Hall.
The Shifter Video