NICK PASCUCCI - CELLO

From Oyster Bay, NY, Nicholas Pascucci began playing cello at age 6. He studied with André Emelianoff at Juilliard Pre-College and made his solo debut at 15 with the Island Symphony Orchestra. Nicholas graduated from Harvard College, where he received a B.A. in Economics with a secondary in Music and was a member of the Harvard Radcliffe Orchestra. He studied with Amit Peled at the Peabody Institute and earned his Master of Music in Cello Performance and a Graduate Performance Diploma. At Peabody, he was a member of the Conductor’s Quintet and principal cellist of the Peabody Symphony Orchestra, Peabody Concert Orchestra, and Peabody Opera Theater.

Nicholas is currently the principal cellist of both the West Texas Symphony and the Amarillo Symphony. He is also the cellist in the Permian Basin String Quartet that performs in Midland-Odessa, TX. In the past, Nicholas served as principal cellist of the Mid-Atlantic Symphony Orchestra and the Washington Opera Society in Washington, D.C. He has performed regularly with the Mount Vernon Virtuosi in Baltimore, MD and the New Orchestra of Washington. Nicholas has been a substitute cellist in the San Angelo Symphony, Great Falls Philharmonic, Lancaster Symphony, and Fairfax Symphony Orchestra.

In the summer, Nicholas is the assistant principal cellist of the New American Sinfonietta at the Hamptons Festival of Music. He is also a substitute cellist in the Lancaster Festival Orchestra that performs in Lancaster, Ohio. As a student, he attended summer festivals including the Aspen Music Festival and School, Bowdoin International Music Festival, and Puerto Piano and Strings.

Nicholas is highly devoted to philanthropy and has raised money for various charity organizations. He recently worked with Education Through Music, the largest non-profit provider of music education for schools in New York City, having organized and given a recital that raised nearly $10,000 on their behalf. In 2024, he gave a recital that raised approximately $21,000 for the North Shore Soup Kitchen, a charity that provides meals for the homeless in Glen Cove, NY, a city near his hometown. In 2023, he organized and gave a recital for Catholic Relief Services, which raised over $22,000 for countries in need of disaster relief.

Nicholas currently plays an English cello made by Thomas Kennedy ca. 1820