photo: Matthew Jenkins

BIO:

Nicholas Deyoe was born in 1981 in Boulder, Colorado and attended the University of Northern Colorado from 1999 – 2006, receiving a B.M. in Music Theory/Composition and an M.M. in Orchestral conducting.  In Colorado, Nicholas studied composition with John McLaird, conducting with Russell Guyver, and guitar with Jonathan Leathwood.  In 2004, Nicholas spent four months in Oldenburg, Germany studying composition with Violeta Dinescu.  He now lives in San Diego where, after completing an M.A. in 2008, he is pursuing a Ph.D. in Composition from UCSD, studying with Roger Reynolds.  At UCSD, Nicholas has also studied conducting with Rand Steiger and Harvey Sollberger and is currently acting as an assistant conductor for the La Jolla Symphony under Steve Schick.  In 2008, Nicholas was a winner in the 56^th annual BMI student composer awards for his piece fifteen players. Also in 2008 Nicholas received a conducting scholarship to the 44th Internationale Ferienkurse für Neue Musik in Darmstadt, Germany where he studied with Lucas Vis and conducted world premieres by Marta Gentilucci and Marco Momi (a recipient of the Kranichsteiner Prize). Nicholas has conducted Red Fish Blue Fish, Ensemble Ascolta, The Darmstadt Preisträgerensemble, Noise, The University of Northern Colorado Symphony, Chamber, and Sinfonietta Orchestras, and several ad hoc ensembles in Colorado, California, and Germany. His music has been performed in the United States, Canada, Germany, Iceland, and Japan. Upon completion of his studies in San Diego, Nicholas plans to open a performance venue dedicated to experimental music in Los Angeles. 

Nicholas’ principal teachers have been:

Roger Reynolds - composition

Rand Steiger - conducting

Jonathan Leathwood - guitar

Dr. Jonathan Bellman - musicology

Dr. Russell Guyver - conducting

Violeta Dinescu - composition

John McLaird - composition