Adjunct Lecturer of Music
Trombone
Phone: 903.566.7450
Email: nlosos@uttyler.edu
Building: FAC
Department: School of Performing Arts
Additional Department: Music
Nicholas Losos
Biography
Professor Nicholas Losos is currently working as an Adjunct Lecturer of Music at the
University
of Texas at Tyler. As a part of these responsibilities Prof. Losos teaches trombone
lessons,
trombone ensemble, Topics in Pedagogy and Literature, and is member of the UT Tyler
Faculty
Brass Quintet. In addition to his teaching responsibilities Prof. Losos has completed
his
coursework and is working toward graduation in his Doctorate in Musical Arts at the
University
of North Texas where he was appointed as a Teaching Fellow. Before his time at UNT,
he
received prerequisite degrees from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas
and
Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, Oklahoma. Throughout his academic journey,
Prof.
Losos received extensive training in solo repertoire, chamber ensembles, wind band,
and
orchestra and has found success by winning the OSU Concerto Competition, Chamber Music
Tulsa Collegiate Solo Competition, Eastern Music Festival Mock Audition, and the Norman
L.
Jacobs Award given to students selected by the brass faculty at SMU for outstanding
contributions through performance, studio, and masterclasses.
Outside of his academic employment and student achievements, Prof. Losos is an active
freelance musician and low brass instructor based in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. He
has
performed with the Dallas Symphony, Fort Worth Symphony, and other regional orchestras
numerous times and has performed locally with the East Texas Symphony and New Texas
Sinfonia. Prof. Losos has kept a private studio of low brass high school and middle
school
students throughout his career and academic journey since the Fall of 2016