Carter Nice
Maestro Nice returns as the Music Director and Conductor for his 26th season with the Bear Valley Music Festival. Carter began his professional career at age 12 as a violinist with the Jacksonville Symphony. He holds music degrees from both the Manhattan and the Eastman Schools of Music. Maestro Nice served as Concertmaster for the Florida Symphony Orchestra, as well as the New Orleans Philharmonic, then from 1979 to 1992 as Music Director for the Sacramento Symphony.