Nicholas Puin

A native Clevelander, Nicholas Puin holds a Bachelor's of Music Composition Degree from The Berklee College of Music, a Master's of Music Composition Degree and an Ohio Teaching Certificate from Cleveland State University.

His compositions and arrangements have been performed by members of The Cleveland Orchestra, The Cleveland Chamber Symphony, The Cleveland Jazz Orchestra, The Singing Angels, The Bop Stop Jazz Unit and most recently The Baldwin-Wallace University and The Case-Western University Jazz Ensembles.

Some of his works were commissioned for radio and television commercial advertising recordings and recordings by local recording artists.

Mr. Puin has taught general and instrumental music for The Beachwood City Schools, The Maple Heights City Schools and most recently The Berea, Strongsville and Brunswick City Schools. During his tenure for the Maple Hts.City Schools, Mr. Puin implemented a very successful high school Jazz Ensemble and wrote most of their arrangements.

He has served as The Director of Percussion for The Strongsville High School Marching Band for the 2012 through the 2014 seasons. In addition he has been a substitute percussionist for The Strongsville Community Band since 2002-2013.

Mr. Puin was a drum instructor at Motter's Music in Lyndhurst from 1975-2018.

He is currently a drum instructor at Woodsy's Music in Medina. He also leads his own ensemble, The Nick Puin Band, which performs throughout the Cleveland and Akron Metropolitan areas.

Since 1987, Mr. Puin has been the Music Director of The Italian Band of Cleveland. He also serves on the Advisory Board to Artistic By Design. An organization devoted to promoting the arts by providing classes in music.

Mr. Puin has been a member of ASCAP since 2004 and a member of The Cleveland Composers Guild since 1998.