Nicholas Bissen is a strong advocate for student opportunity and success. He is the owner and operator of the Rose Street Saxophone Room, where his students perform in competitive recitals, place in All-State ensembles, and win concerto competitions, providing a variety of need for high achieving students. In the summers, Nicholas hosts the Rose Street Saxo-Fest, a summer program focused on chamber music for saxophonists in 6 - 12th grades. Nicholas has held faculty positions at Lone Star North Harris, the New England Music Camp, and Stephen F. Austin State University as adjunct professor. Nicholas has been featured as a chamber musician, recitalist, and concerto soloist. Upcoming projects include a commission by the Houston Arts Alliance of new music by Houston composers to be premiered in November 2024. Nicholas currently teaches masterclasses and lessons at the Kinder High School for Performing and Visual Arts, and chamber music and masterclasses at the American Festival of the Arts. His private studio is based at the Rose Street Saxophone Room in Houston Texas, and at the Sienna cluster in Fort Bend ISD.

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