About Nicole
Nicole DeMaio is a woodwind specialist, composer, and music educator who was born in Bogotá, Colombia and is currently based in New York City. As a performer, she is equally at home playing in musical theatre pit orchestras as well as collaborating with artists of varying other disciplines. Nicole doubles on flutes, clarinets, saxophones, bassoon, oboe, and various world flutes.
Nicole is currently appearing in the Off-Broadway production My Joy Is Heavy at NYTW, performing as an actor-musician. She has previously held chairs for the Off-Broadway productions of The Threepenny Opera (starring George Abud and Katrina Lenk), Show/Boat: A River, Welcome to The Big Dipper, and GOOD SHOWBIZ. She has also worked as a substitute musician on numerous Broadway productions, including Gypsy, Some Like It Hot, Aladdin, Big Gay Jamboree, 1776, Kimberly Akimbo, A Strange Loop, and more. In 2020, Nicole performed the Reed 2 book on the national tour of An American in Paris, and she has served as a clarinet (Reed 2) substitute for the national tour of Fiddler on the Roof.
Nicole’s love for a wide range of musical styles has shaped a versatile career that spans genres and brings her to stages around the world. Recent highlights include performing on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, on Yandel’s Sinfónico Tour in New York City and opening Lincoln Center’s 2025 Summer for the City season with Lulada Club, NYC’s leading all-women salsa group. She has also appeared at Lincoln Center alongside Ariana DeBose in her solo show Authenticity, and performed in Tony Award nominee L Morgan Lee’s solo show at MCC Theater. Additional live collaborations include performances with Gloria Gaynor, Bruce Springsteen, Jordan Fisher, Jessica Vosk, Brian d’Arcy James, Robin De Jesús, Lea Michele, Darren Criss, and others.
Nicole is currently appearing in the Off-Broadway production My Joy Is Heavy at NYTW, performing as an actor-musician. She has previously held chairs for the Off-Broadway productions of The Threepenny Opera (starring George Abud and Katrina Lenk), Show/Boat: A River, Welcome to The Big Dipper, and GOOD SHOWBIZ. She has also worked as a substitute musician on numerous Broadway productions, including Gypsy, Some Like It Hot, Aladdin, Big Gay Jamboree, 1776, Kimberly Akimbo, A Strange Loop, and more. In 2020, Nicole performed the Reed 2 book on the national tour of An American in Paris, and she has served as a clarinet (Reed 2) substitute for the national tour of Fiddler on the Roof.
Nicole’s love for a wide range of musical styles has shaped a versatile career that spans genres and brings her to stages around the world. Recent highlights include performing on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, on Yandel’s Sinfónico Tour in New York City and opening Lincoln Center’s 2025 Summer for the City season with Lulada Club, NYC’s leading all-women salsa group. She has also appeared at Lincoln Center alongside Ariana DeBose in her solo show Authenticity, and performed in Tony Award nominee L Morgan Lee’s solo show at MCC Theater. Additional live collaborations include performances with Gloria Gaynor, Bruce Springsteen, Jordan Fisher, Jessica Vosk, Brian d’Arcy James, Robin De Jesús, Lea Michele, Darren Criss, and others.
Always looking for opportunities to experiment and push boundaries, Nicole has collaborated with several dancers visual artists, to create new works. Kenia Rosete Dance’s In The Fold was presented by Arthouse Productions and was a multi-media performance weaving dance, music, video projection and sculptures together. Danse Theatre Surreality’s Shadowboxiing in Blue was performed in a boxing ring and required each musician to train as boxers for several months. Through the Tin Can is Nicole’s visual art and music instillation that has been exhibited at SMUSH Gallery, The apple Tree House, and New Jersey City University.
Nicole is a member of The Broadway Sinfonietta, an all-women, majority women-of-color orchestra dedicated to uplifting underrepresented voices in the music industry. With the ensemble, she has performed The Barbie Movie: Live in Concert at both the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles and the Royal Albert Hall in London. Her other appearances with the Sinfonietta include Carnegie Hall Presents, the Cowboy Bebop 25th Anniversary Concert, Dylan Mulvaney’s 365 Days of Girlhood: LIVE from the Rainbow Room, Ratatouille: The TikTok Musical, Laura Bell Bundy’s Women of Tomorrow concert, and more.
Nicole has previously taught woodwinds at Monmouth University, and taught K-12 Music at Kent Place School, Far Brook School, and Boston College High School. She currently maintains and active studio of private students on various woodwind instruments.
As a composer, Nicole’s work has been performed across the nation and has won several awards. Her piece "Solo for Bassoon Alone" was apart of the required repertoire for the Meg Quigley Vivaldi Competition. She has previous received awards from Vox Novus, the Pictures Composition Contest, and more. She was recently commissioned by The Rivers School Conservatory, Classical Music Indy, Infrasound, and Yale School of Music’s Music in Schools Initiative.
She is the current Director of Black Sheep Contemporary Ensemble, a group focused on commissioning and performing new music, interdisciplinary collaboration, and audience education. As an arts administrator, Nicole has worked with the Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras (BYSO) and the Boston Civic Symphony. She has also served on the administrative teams of tutti, led by Tomoko Akaboshi, and the Hell’s Kitchen Laboratory Orchestra, directed by Isaac Hayward.
She earned degrees in Multiple Woodwind Performance from NJCU, Music Education and Music Theory/Composition from Montclair State University, and a degree in Composition from The Boston Conservatory.
Nicole is a member of The Broadway Sinfonietta, an all-women, majority women-of-color orchestra dedicated to uplifting underrepresented voices in the music industry. With the ensemble, she has performed The Barbie Movie: Live in Concert at both the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles and the Royal Albert Hall in London. Her other appearances with the Sinfonietta include Carnegie Hall Presents, the Cowboy Bebop 25th Anniversary Concert, Dylan Mulvaney’s 365 Days of Girlhood: LIVE from the Rainbow Room, Ratatouille: The TikTok Musical, Laura Bell Bundy’s Women of Tomorrow concert, and more.
Nicole has previously taught woodwinds at Monmouth University, and taught K-12 Music at Kent Place School, Far Brook School, and Boston College High School. She currently maintains and active studio of private students on various woodwind instruments.
As a composer, Nicole’s work has been performed across the nation and has won several awards. Her piece "Solo for Bassoon Alone" was apart of the required repertoire for the Meg Quigley Vivaldi Competition. She has previous received awards from Vox Novus, the Pictures Composition Contest, and more. She was recently commissioned by The Rivers School Conservatory, Classical Music Indy, Infrasound, and Yale School of Music’s Music in Schools Initiative.
She is the current Director of Black Sheep Contemporary Ensemble, a group focused on commissioning and performing new music, interdisciplinary collaboration, and audience education. As an arts administrator, Nicole has worked with the Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras (BYSO) and the Boston Civic Symphony. She has also served on the administrative teams of tutti, led by Tomoko Akaboshi, and the Hell’s Kitchen Laboratory Orchestra, directed by Isaac Hayward.
She earned degrees in Multiple Woodwind Performance from NJCU, Music Education and Music Theory/Composition from Montclair State University, and a degree in Composition from The Boston Conservatory.
L Morgan Lee at MCC Theater
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Barbie The Movie at The Hollywood Bowl
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Ariana De Bose at Lincoln Center
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Brian D’Arcy James at The Atlantic Gala
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Instrument List
Piccolo, C Flute, Alto Flute
Eb, Bb, A, Alto, Bass Clarinets
Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Baritone Saxophones
Bassoon
Oboe, English Horn
Soprano, Alto, Tenor Recorders
Bansuri
Pan Flute
Quena
Shakuhachi
Duduk
Eb, Bb, A, Alto, Bass Clarinets
Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Baritone Saxophones
Bassoon
Oboe, English Horn
Soprano, Alto, Tenor Recorders
Bansuri
Pan Flute
Quena
Shakuhachi
Duduk
Media
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Solo for Harp Alone - Composed by Nicole
Track - Composed by Nicole
Lament for Solo Violin- Composed by Nicole
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Nicole DeMaio - Performance Reel (flutes, saxes, clarinets, bassoon)
My Joy Is Heavy - The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon
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ADA Plan & Americans with Disabilities Act Grievance Procedure
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