Nichol, John

Biography

John Nichol is Professor of Saxophone at Central Michigan University and has performed at the Montreaux Jazz Festival in Montreaux, Switzerland (1997), the North Sea Jazz Festival (1997) and the Ford Detroit International Jazz Festival (2000, 2001, 2002).  Professor Nichol has also performed by invitation at eight World Saxophone Congresses:  Chicago, Illinois (1979), Nuremberg, Germany (1982), Kawasaki, Japan (1988), Valencia, Spain (1997) and Montreal, Canada (2000), Minneapolis, Minnesota (2003), St. Andrews, Scotland (2012), Strasbourg, France (2015), and Zagreb, Croatia (2018).  Professor Nichol has performed with the Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra, the Harry James Orchestra, the Nelson Riddle Orchestra.  Nichol can be heard on Flights of Fancy (Centaur Recording, 2003), Caught in the Act (White Pine Music, 2007), Woodwind Echoes (White Pine Recording, 2008), and Conspiracy Theory (White Pine Music, 2010).   Professor Nichol is a Yamaha Performing Artist, a Vandoren Artist, and is a Past President of the North American Saxophone Alliance.

Recent Scholarships

Performances at World Saxophone Congress in Strasbourg, France (2015)

Performance at Sessions in New Music in Cortona, Italy (2015)

Presenting World Premieres at North American Saxophone Alliance Biennial Conference, Lubbock, Texas (2016)​

Performances at the North American Saxophone Alliance Biennial Conference at Arizona State University (2020)

Performances at the Great Plains Saxophone Workshop at the University of Oklahoma (2021)

Presentation at the Midwest Clinic (2021)