Nancy Kidd
Bass
Nancy Kidd has been performing and teaching the double bass for over twenty-five years. A tenured member of the Rhode Island Philharmonic’s double bass section since 2004, she also held the Principal Bass position with the Albany Symphony from 1995-1998. Mrs. Kidd is an active freelancer in the Greater Boston Area, performing with groups including the Boston Ballet Orchestra, and Cantata Singers of Boston, and spends her summers as a member of the NH Music Festival Orchestra. As a double bass teacher, Mrs. Kidd loves working with students of all ages. In addition to her private studio, she is a teaching associate at Brown University, and has been on the faculties of Northeastern University, Atlantic Union College and Eastern Nazarene College, as well as The Joy of Music Program in Worcester. A graduate of both The Juilliard School, where she earned an Advanced Certificate in Double Bass Performance, and New England Conservatory of Music, where she earned a Bachelor of Music, Mrs. Kidd’s principal teachers include Orin O’Brien, Donald Palma, Edwin Barker and Lawrence Wolfe.