Nick Smolenski

Nick Smolenski is thrilled to support chamber music and the arts in Maine. He joined the Festival staff in 2023 after completing a PhD in musicology from Duke University. During his studies, Nick worked in development, project management, and assessment research for several humanities organizations (Project Vox, Society of Biblical Literature, Duke Rhodes Information Initiative). He continues his academic work as Managing Editor for the Yale Journal of Music & Religion and as an independent scholar, with particular focus on sound and acoustics in seventeenth-century London and early New England.

Nick lives in Portland, and can often be found at concerts held throughout Southern and Midcoast Maine.