Originally born and raised in Northern California, Nicolas Valdez is now a St. Louis based singer, pianist, and music director.

As a music director, he has worked for multiple professional theatre companies in St. Louis, including The Muny, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Metro Theater Company, Max and Louie Productions, New Line Theatre, and The Sargent Conservatory of Theatre Arts. Additionally, he has worked at The Clinton Showboat in Clinton, Iowa, and Falcon’s Eye Theatre at Folsom Lake College in Folsom, California.

As a pianist, he has performed with the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra as principal pianist for A Little Sondheim Music and Jurassic Park: In concert as celesta/keyboard. He has accompanied masterclasses for Broadway’s Adam Pascal and Kristin Chenoweth, Grammy Award-winning Soprano Christine Brewer, and nationally-acclaimed voice pedagogue, Dr. Matt Edwards. Some of his national credits include accompanying choirs at The Festival of Gold in Nashville, Tennessee, and The National School Board Association in San Antonio, Texas.

As a singer, his favorite credits include singing behind Barry Manilow in his 2015 Farewell Tour Choir in Sacramento, California, Schubert’s Mass No. 5 in A-flat Major with Webster University’s Choirs at Carnegie Hall, and The Carmina Burana with California State University, Sacramento’s choirs in Sacramento, California.

He currently serves on the Adjunct Faculty at Webster University within the music department and Sargent Conservatory of Theatre Arts as a collaborative pianist/voice coach. He proudly holds a Bachelor of Music in Music Direction for Musical Theatre from Webster University and is currently pursuing a Master of Science in Speech-Language Pathology at Fontbonne University.