Clinician: NIC MEYER

Nic Meyer is the director of instrumental music at the Joseph Sears School in Kenilworth, IL. Prior to that Nic was a long-term music substitute and Freshman Jazz Ensemble director at New Trier High School. Nic received his bachelor’s degree in music education from DePaul University in Chicago, where he was a saxophonist in the DePaul Jazz Ensemble and Wind Ensemble. He is a faculty member at the Merit School of Music in Chicago, where he teaches private saxophone lessons, jazz improvisation, and coaches a chamber ensemble. He also teaches private saxophone lessons and jazz improvisation at New Trier. Besides teaching, Nic is an active freelance saxophonist in Chicago, playing in jazz, avante-guard, and R&B groups, along with his own jazz quartet.