Nicholas Hutchinson has performed throughout the United States as both collaborator and soloist.  In addition to being a founding partner of Collaborative Works, Mr. Hutchinson is a founding member of the Envision Chamber Consort, a group dedicated to breaking down barriers between performers and audiences.  He is also the co-director of Friends Music Camp, a Quaker-based music camp for middle and high school students. 

A passionate teacher, Mr. Hutchinson has maintained a private piano studio for the past decade and has taught at a number of educational institutions in Michigan, including the Steppingstone School for the Potentially Gifted and the Chelsea Center for the Arts.  Mr. Hutchinson has been a prizewinner in the Kosciuzko Foundation National Chopin Competition and the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition.  He was also a finalist in the Oberlin International Piano Competition. His past teachers include Martin Katz, Louis Nagel and Arthur Greene at the University of Michigan and Yong Hi Moon at Michigan State University. 

Besides his musical interests, Mr. Hutchinson has a degree in computer science and his study of the Japanese language resulted in his being awarded an Outstanding Student of Japanese Language Study Tour at the Kansai Cultural Center in Osaka, Japan.