Nathan Clifford

I am an experienced gig player in both solo and chamber ensembles. I provide jazz, pop, classical, and cultural music to the venue where I am assigned. I provide the lights, stands, and music and accept music requests.

Nathan Clifford, a native of South Florida, was born into a musical family. He began violin lessons at the age of four with his parents as his teachers. At the age of 12, Nathan won the Palm Beach Atlantic University Preparatory Department Concerto Competition Junior Division and made his solo debut with the Palm Beach Atlantic Symphony Orchestra. He has participated in the Stringendo School for Strings Summer Academy for thirteen years and has had lessons and participated in master classes with renowned pedagogues Routa Kroumovitch, David Cerone, Linda Cerone, James Buswell, Kim Gomez, Jun-Ching Lin, and Rachel Barton Pine. At age sixteen, Nathan won first prize in the Palm Beach Atlantic University Preparatory Department Concerto Competition Senior Division. He performed the Lalo Symphony Espagnol with the Palm Beach Atlantic Symphony. As an orchestral musician, Nathan has been in the first violin section of the Florida Youth Orchestra, Concertmaster of the Bak Middle School Orchestra, Concertmaster of the King’s Academy Philharmonia, and Concertmaster of the Stetson University Chamber and Symphony Orchestras. He has performed in Carnegie Hall and has been a member of the first violin section of the Palm Beach Atlantic Symphony. Nathan also has been a member of the King’s Academy Conservatory of the Arts pit orchestra for the nationally acclaimed theatre department’s productions of Wicked, Jekyll and Hyde, and A Christmas Carol. Nathan was recently awarded third prize in the Palm Beach Post PATHFINDERS competition in the music/instrumental category. Nathan was awarded a full scholarship to pursue a double major in violin performance and an MBA in finance at Stetson University. He recently graduated from Stetson University and is now a graduate student at Lynn University studying under Carol Cole.