Nicholas Orovich is Professor of Music at the University of New Hampshire where he teaches trombone, euphonium, tuba, theory, and is the conductor of the Symphonic Band. Since 1979, he has held the position of principal trombonist with the Portland (Maine) Symphony Orchestra. He was a founding member of the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra (founded in 1979), and performed with the BPO regularly until retiring in 2008. He is also a former principal trombonist of the New Hampshire Symphony Orchestra. For more than twenty years, Nic was a member of the Hampshire Consort, a UNH faculty Renaissance ensemble. An active free-lance musician, he works regularly in both Boston and Portland, and occasionally with other orchestras throughout New England.
In 1992, as a member of the Hampshire Consort, Nic took part in the recording of the CD, Cities, Courts and Countrysides. In 2007, he recorded and produced a solo trombone CD, Nic Orovich…and friends. He also has taken part in numerous orchestral recordings as a member of the Boston Philharmonic.
Nic has been a faculty member of the Symphony School of America, in LaCrosse, Wisconsin, and the Interlochen Arts Camp in Interlochen, Michigan. He also teaches at the Summer Youth Music School (SYMS), held every summer on the UNH campus. He has conducted regional high school honor bands in Maine, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire.
A native of Mayville, Wisconsin; Nic received his Bachelor of Music from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, attended L'Institute de Hautes Etudes Musicales, in Montreux, Switzerland; and received his Masters of Music with honors from the New England Conservatory in Boston.
Nic lives in Exeter, New Hampshire; with his wife Jeremy Townsend, a book publisher, his daughter Olivia, son Stephan, two dogs, two cats, and five Guinea pigs.
