Nicholas Urie (born July 29, 1985 in Los Angeles, California) is an American composer of jazz and classical music. Urie teaches jazz composition at the Berklee College of Music.

Urie was a recipient of the first annual ASCAP Young Jazz Composer's Award. Urie left Los Angeles  to study composition with Bob Brookmeyer in Boston MA. A Graduate of the New England Conservatory of Music with both bachelor's and master's degrees, Urie's music has been heard internationally at festivals and concerts in Peru, Syria, Spain, England, Germany, throughout Scandinavia and the United States.

Urie's music has been performed by the Metropole Orchestra, Boston Pops, John Scofield, Kurt Elling, Cory Wong, Bob Brookmeyer, Vince Mendoza, The Spinners, The Scottish National Jazz Orchestra, The Klüvers Big Band, Frank Carlberg, and Dave Samuels.

Discography
Nicholas Urie's records include Live in Amsterdam by Cory Wong & Metropole Orkest (arranger), Quintet (composer), Excerpts From an Online Dating Service (composer), Gnosis by Kutztown University Music (arranger), and My Garden (composer) with poems by Charles Bukowski, and Good Girl Hank (arranger) .

References

External links 
 http://www.nicholasurie.com
 http://www.berklee.edu/faculty/detail/nicholas-urie
 http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/musician.php?id=16765
 http://jazztimes.com/community/articles/24819-nicholas-urie
 http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=32859

American male composers
21st-century American composers
Living people
1985 births
Musicians from Los Angeles
New England Conservatory alumni
Orange County School of the Arts alumni
21st-century American male musicians