Nicholas Brown is a Boston-based clarinetist and arts leader. As a performer, he is a member of the Boston Lyric Opera Orchestra, Portland Symphony Orchestra, New Bedford Symphony, and Boston Festival Orchestra, and a guest musician with Albany Symphony, Boston Ballet, Boston Philharmonic, Boston Pops, Chicago Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra, and many other groups across the country.

Nicholas has appeared as soloist with the Boston Festival Orchestra, Boston Pops, Concord Orchestra, Symphony Nova, and South Coast Chamber Music Series. He has performed on programs presented by the Library of Congress, Celebrity Series of Boston, Newport Music Festival, Morgan Library, and Williams Center for the Arts, and can be heard on Carlos Simon’s recent album Requiem for the Enslaved (Decca Records) as well as a forthcoming album of American music with the Albany Symphony (Albany Records). He has won awards from the St. Botolph Club Foundation, Boston Woodwind Society, Bay Chamber Concerts of Maine, Rossini Club of Portland, and Boston University.

As Co-Founder and Executive Director of the Boston Festival Orchestra Nicholas is committed to expanding access and equity in classical music. The organization has created jobs for 60 local musicians and provides classical music experiences to thousands of community members annually.

Beyond the BFO, Nicholas was a Neighborhood Artist with the Celebrity Series of Boston and served as the Community Partnerships Manager at the North End Music & Performing Arts Center. He is currently Clarinet & Chamber Music faculty at Concord Academy, and is a former faculty member of the North End Music & Performing Arts Center, Natick Public Schools, and Wayland Public Schools.

Nicholas is a graduate of Boston University and New England Conservatory of Music. Originally from Portland, Maine, he currently resides in Massachusetts.