An active freelance trumpeter in New York, Nathan Botts regularly performs with a variety of classical, contemporary, and experimental music ensembles, including Orpheus, Cygnus Ensemble, Second Instrumental Unit, and Wet Ink Ensemble. Nathan has been a featured soloist in Beijing with the China National Symphony, in Zurich with the Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra, and in the US with the Utah Premiere Brass, with whom he premiered a concerto for multi-disciplinary trumpet by composer Mardin Pond. In 2003, Nathan was the first person ever to win both the jazz and classical solo competitions of the International Trumpet Guild in the same year. As a recording artist, Nathan can be heard on jazz, orchestral, soul, house, and bluegrass albums. He is a graduate of Brigham Young University and The Juilliard School. As part of his fellowship program, Nathan taught in Queens at Long Island City High School.