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Nicholas DeMaison Nicholas DeMaison


Nicholas DeMaison was appointed conductor of The South Hadley Chorale in the spring of 2008.

Nick is a graduate of the Oberlin Conservatory of Music (Composition and Theory) and holds a Master of Arts degree in Composition from the U. of California, San Diego. He is presently a PhD candidate in Composition, also from U. of California, San Diego.

He comes to us with experience as the assistant to the conductor, LaJolla Symphony, Director of a Capella Chamber Choir in CA, the founding music director of Opera Cabal in Chicago, IL, and as a faculty member in composition and conducting at the Walden School in Dublin, N.H.

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This summer Nick has been awarded a conducting scholarship to attend the Darmstadt Summer Course for New Music. In the summer of 2007 he was one of 12 young conductors invited to participate in the Lucerne Festival Masterclass in Conducting.

A native of upstate New York, Nick DeMaison currently resides in New York City.
South Hadley Chorale receives funding assistance from the Massachusetts Cultural Council