Nicholas Lord

Nicholas Lord is a Tenor Trombonist in his third and last year studying Bachelor of Music at the Griffith Conservatorium of Music in Queensland Australia under Ashley Carter. He started playing at the age of 8 and quickly became very proficient and showed a mastery of his chosen instrument. Nicholas started competing in State Music competitions in Tasmania winning his first Junior Brass Competition at age 10. In 2018, Nicholas won the Australian Junior Trombone Champion, placed in the top 5 in the Australian Senior Trombone section at age 13. He also took out the Tasmanian Senior Trombone Champion. Nicholas was awarded the “Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra Aviva Scholarship for Orchestral Brass” under the dedicated teaching of David Robins, the principal Trombonist of the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra in 2022. In 2023 Nicholas received an invitation to be a Sponsored Artist of Micheal Rath Trombones located in The UK. Nicholas has also performed in many stage productions both in Tasmania and Queensland. Nicholas has performed with world wide known orchestras and groups such as Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Australian Youth Orchestra (2024) and Brisbane Brass 1 who are the current A grade champions of Queensland.