Nathan grew up on his family’s farm in rural South Dakota and was introduced to North Carolina when he attended the Eastern Music Festival in Greensboro. He holds a Bachelor’s degree from St. Olaf College in MN and a Master’s from UNC Greensboro, both in clarinet performance. Nathan has performed with Opera Wilmington, the Winston Salem Symphony, Carolina Philharmonic, Raleigh Civic Symphony, and as a guest artist at the 2005 International Clarinet Association Conference in Tokyo. He has been a member of the Fayetteville Symphony since 2011 and is also a member of the Triangle Pride Band. Nathan resides in Durham and works at UNC Chapel Hill as a database analyst.