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Having a passion for community engagement and working with youth, Nicholas Felder (he/him) is a Black queer artist, composer-vocalist, activist, and educator who creates art that inspires relational bonds between people in a given space. He builds community in artmaking, unlocking truths around self-identity, and creating a space for embodied expression. Nicholas has led arts programs and workshops with numerous organizations, such as El Sistema Colorado, Neutral Zone (Ann Arbor, MI), the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, and American Composers Orchestra. He loves to encourage teens to express their social and political views through artmaking. Nicholas has earned degrees from the University of Michigan and Kennesaw State University and is currently earning his Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) in Music Composition at the University of Colorado Boulder. For more on Nicholas, find him at