Nicolle Maniaci

violin

Nicolle Maniaci is member of the NMPhil First Violin Section having previously been a member of NMSO for 11 years. She holds the positions of Principal Violin II and orchestra Personnel Manager of The Santa Fe Symphony Orchestra & Chorus. In addition to her extensive performing career Nicolle is also the director of the string program at Bosque School in Albuquerque.

Nicolle is a founding member of the Eleganza String Quartet and Chamisa Chamber Players. She also enjoys performing with the Taos Chamber Music Festival, Chatter, Orchestra of the Duke and Opera Southwest. She was a sectional coach for the Albuquerque Youth Symphony for 18 years.

Nicolle was born in Long Island, New York and moved to New Mexico with her parents in 1974. She grew up in the Albuquerque Youth Symphony Program while studying violin with Kathie Jarrett and received her music degree from the University of New Mexico, studying with Leonard Felberg. She spent her summers studying the violin at various festivals around the country. Nicolle makes her home in Albuquerque with her loving husband John Witiuk and two children, Joseph and Juliana.