Besides reaching out after having 1 friends for many months (Hi Bryan!) Nick Moran was born in 1972 and grew up in and around Detroit, Michigan. After studying classical woodwinds in college he settled in Chicago where he currently lives.
Nick has performed in over fifty pit orchestras. He has also been with the Glenn Miller, Tommy Dorsey, Jimmy Dorsey, Lawrence Welk, and Nelson Riddle orchestras as well as having performed with Lou Rawls, Jimmy Heath, Joey Defrancesco, James Moody, Snooky Young, Ray Anderson, Aretha Franklin, Phil Woods, Houston Pearson, Mel Torme, Billy Hart, The Temptations, Freddy Cole, Marvin Stamm, The O’Jays, Wayne Newton, Bob Berg and Dick Hyman. Nick has also performed with the Illinois Philharmonic, Elgin Symphony, Kalamazoo Symphony, Rockford Symphony and Macomb Symphony.
Nick maintains a busy schedule and is proud to perform with many ensembles in Chicago. Some of the groups he can be heard with are M13, the Bill Porter Orchestra, Brian O'Hern and the Model Citizens, Ted Hogarth's Mulligan Mosaics Big Band, Burgess Gardner's Well Oiled Jazz Machine, Ian Torres Big Band and Hector Silveira's Orchestra.
Hi Nick! Thanks for the request and for the music -- like it! A lot!! This mood makes me happy. Well, I'll just go ahead and plan my Chicago trip :) All best, Cecilia
Thank you for being my friend, and thanks for the nice comment on Tunnelseende. I like your music, it's cool that you're versatile when it comes to playing different musical instruments. I'll let you know when I'm in chicago, though only god knows when that will be. Wish you the best, both musical and personal.
