Nich Muir

Nicholas “Nich” Muir is a sophomore at Arizona State University (ASU) pursuing an undergraduate degree in Music Learning and Teaching (MLT). Nich was born in Fayetteville, North Carolina, into a military household.

After moving to Washington in 5th grade, Nich joined the elementary school band and chose to play the saxophone. In 6th grade, his middle school band director brought in a bassoonist to showcase the instrument, and Nich immediately fell in love with the sound and decided to try the bassoon. After only paying bassoon for one year, Nich and his family moved to Alabama during his 7th-grade year, where he stayed until his move to Arizona in 2023. Nich made the first chair in the top band for the Southeastern United States middle school honor band and later auditioned for the Alabama district band, where he made the first chair in the ensemble.

When auditioning for his high school the following year, Nich made his high school’s top ensemble and later made the Alabama All-State band while auditioning for district band all four years of his high school career. In his sophomore year, he and other bandmates applied and made it to perform at the annual MidWest Conference in Chicago.

While at ASU, Nich attended the College Band Directors National Association(CBDNA) conference with the ASU wind Symphony, Traveling to Las Vegas in March (2024) of this year to perform multiple pieces for wind symphony. He also spent the summer in Flagstaff, Arizona, volunteering at the International Double Reed Society Conference and watching several world premiere performances.

Besides music, Nich loves to travel; he has seen both coasts of the United States and walked on a glacier in Alaska! In his spare time, he loves to hike and play games with family and friends, whether online video games or role-playing fantasy games (he has a very active imagination!).