Nick Skinner
Vice President
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
About Nick Skinner
Over the past several years, Nick Skinner has become a prominent music educator and arts administrator in Baltimore. Nick currently serves as Vice President of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra’s OrchKids program, where he is also a founding team member. In this role, Nick oversees all aspects of the OrchKids Program. Nick began his career teaching in the Howard County Public School System in Maryland as an elementary instrumental instructor. He then moved on to teach in the Baltimore County Public School System in Maryland at Catonsville High School where he was the music director. Nick has also served as an arts administrator for the Archipelago Project, a non-profit organization devoted to arts advocacy. Nick has become a distinguished consultant and arts advocate and has lead lectures, workshops, and seminars in Baltimore City; Traverse City, Michigan; Waterbury, Hartford, and Stamford, Connecticut; Boston, at the New England Conservatory; and Venezuela, with El Sistema. He was an adjunct professor at UMBC where he taught Management and Organizational Leadership in El Sistema as part of a one-year post baccalaureate certification program. Nick graduated from the Peabody Conservatory of Music with a Bachelor’s degree in trumpet performance and music education.
Events with Nick Skinner
El Sistema at 50 – The Movement that Started it All
In 1975, Venezuelan economist and musician Dr. José Antonio Abreu had the idea of expanding the reach of music education to make it available more widely to the young people...
Lessons Learned – The Sweet Sounds of Success from Winning Music Programs
What does it take to build a transformative community music program, one that changes kids’ lives, opens new horizons for them, and contributes to healthier, more engaged communities? Each of...