What city are you living in now? Catonsville, MD
Where did you study? Illinois State University and the Peabody Conservatory
What is your favorite piece of music? I don’t have a favorite piece of music. It changes like the weather. I do however prefer slower movements to fast ones in any genre.
What do you enjoy in your spare time? I like to work with tools to fix things in the house, make wine and paintings.
What is your fondest Annapolis Symphony memory? I just like the backstage energy before a concert. This orchestra is full of wonderful people.
Canadian-born violinist Nicholas Currie is the Associate Concertmaster of the Annapolis Symphony and Principle Second of the Maryland Lyric Opera Orchestra. Mr. Currie is a graduate of the Peabody Conservatory of Music in Baltimore, where he studied with the late Berl Senofsky. Nicholas also studied under the late Bernard Eichen, member of the Beaux Arts Quartet, at Illinois State University. Nicholas has performed as a soloist with the Annapolis Symphony, Concert Artists of Baltimore, the Mid-Atlantic Symphony, and the Londontown Symphony. His chamber music experiences include performances with the former Mariner String Quartet, the Cueto Quartet, the Melos Ensemble with Clarinetist Gervaise de Payer, and the Principles of Concert Artists Quartet. When Nicholas is not performing, he is often teaching as an Adjunct Lecturer at McDaniel College, University of Maryland Baltimore County, and as a private instructor from his home. He enjoys spending time with his wife and three children and woodworking in his spare time.