Education: 

  • Master of Music, Piano Performance, New York University (Steinhardt School)

  • Bachelor of Music, Piano Performance, University of Southern California (Thornton School of Music)

Nicole is a pianist and educator based in New York City where she heads the Performing Arts Department at Notre Dame School of Manhattan. In 2023, she was named one of Yamaha’s ‘40 under 40’ for excellence in music education.

Nicole received her master of music degree from NYU Steinhardt where she studied with Van Cliburn Competition Gold Medalist, Alexander Kobrin. While at NYU she was a member of the adjunct faculty in Piano Studies. Nicole received her bachelor of music from the University of Southern California, where she was student of Daniel Pollack.

Nicole has won awards including first prize in the Marian Garcia International Piano Competition, WIAA/WMEA Washington State Piano Competition, Enid Carrick Scholarship Competition, and Pasadena Fine Arts Club Competition, and prizes in the New York MTNA Competition and the Brentwood Concerto Competition. Nicole concertized widely in her home state of Washington at venues including Benaroya Hall, Mt. Baker Theater, the Lairmont Manor, and the Performing Arts Center of Western Washington University. During her time in Los Angeles, she played at the Newman Recital Hall, The Athenaeum at CalTech, Sound City Studios, and Royce Hall.

In New York, Nicole has performed at the Guggenheim Museum, NPR Tiny Desk Concert Series, Frederick Loewe Theater, A&C Piano Craft, Yamaha Piano Salon, West Park Presbyterian Church, and Saint John’s in the Village. Outside of the US, Nicole has performed at the Colegieta de San Juan Bautista in Gijon, Spain, the Palacete Viscontes de Balsemão in Porto, Portugal and the Albignac Music Festival in Albignac, France. 

As a vocalist, Nicole is an active member of Downtown Voices. They performed at Carnegie Hall in 2022 with the Buffalo Philharmonic for the Lukas Foss Centennial Celebration under the direction of Joann Faletta.


In addition to piano, her interests include cooking and skiing.