Nikk Pilato serves as Director of Bands at Northern Kentucky University, where he conducts the wind ensembles and teaches courses in the Music Education curriculum, contributing to the University’s mission through research, service, and scholarly and creative endeavours. Prior to his appointment at NKU he served on the faculty of Indiana State University, and has held similar positions in the states of Georgia and California. Nikk earned the Bachelor of Music Education, a Master of Music Education, and a Ph.D. in Conducting and Music Education from the Florida State University College of Music in Tallahassee, Florida, where his primary teachers were Richard Clary, Jim Croft, Patrick Dunnigan, and Clifford Madsen.
In 2008 he created and developed the Wind Repertory Project, a comprehensive online database of wind literature expanded by user contributions, much like Wikipedia. The database includes detailed information on works for wind band, such as instrumentation, program notes, errata, study resources, articles, category listings, and more. In the fifteen years since its inception, the WRP has amassed 25,000 entries, and has been visited forty million times.
Nikk maintains a busy profile as a guest conductor, lecturer, clinician, adjudicator, and arranger. He holds memberships in CBDNA (College Band Directors National Association), CMS (the College Music Society), the Conductor’s Guild, NAfME (National Association for Music Education), NBA (National Band Association), WASBE (World Association of Symphonic Bands and Ensembles), and the honor society Pi Kappa Lambda, and is an honorary brother of Kappa Kappa Psi.
In 2008 he created and developed the Wind Repertory Project, a comprehensive online database of wind literature expanded by user contributions, much like Wikipedia. The database includes detailed information on works for wind band, such as instrumentation, program notes, errata, study resources, articles, category listings, and more. In the fifteen years since its inception, the WRP has amassed 25,000 entries, and has been visited forty million times.
Nikk maintains a busy profile as a guest conductor, lecturer, clinician, adjudicator, and arranger. He holds memberships in CBDNA (College Band Directors National Association), CMS (the College Music Society), the Conductor’s Guild, NAfME (National Association for Music Education), NBA (National Band Association), WASBE (World Association of Symphonic Bands and Ensembles), and the honor society Pi Kappa Lambda, and is an honorary brother of Kappa Kappa Psi.