Nathan Lambert is the Assistant Conductor of Orchestras and Opera at Northern Arizona University and the Music Director of the NAU Academy Symphony Orchestra.  Originally from Maryville, Tennessee, he possesses a Master’s degree in Violin Performance from the University of Memphis and a Bachelor’s degree in Commercial Music from Belmont University in Nashville.
 While at Belmont, Mr. Lambert won the Belmont Concerto Competition in 2003, repeating the honor in 2005. He received the Gregg Orchestral Scholarship from 2001 to 2005 and was a founding member of the award-winning Belmont Jazz String Septet with which he received an outstanding soloist certificate at the Louisville Jazz Festival. In other engagements, he was a presenter on jazz improvisation for strings at the 2005 Tennessee Music Educators Association Conference and at the 2003 and 2005 American String Teachers Association National Conference.  In addition, he served as an assistant strings instructor at the Interlochen Arts Camp in the summer of 2007.
Nathan Lambert is also an accomplished arranger and studio musician.  While in Nashville, he was an arranger for the 2005 Commercial Music Showcase at Belmont University.  He has arranged works for a variety of ensembles from jazz big band to full orchestra, and string quartet to rock band.  He has also spent countless hours in Nashville recording studios as a violinist / fiddle player, keyboardist, arranger, and producer on a number of projects. Mr. Lambert has studied violin, classically, with Elizabeth Small, Dr. Soh-Hyun Altino, and Melissa Allen, and commercially with world-renowned jazz pedagogues and performers, Martin Norgaard and Tracy Silverman.  His primary conducting teachers include Darko Butorac, Dr. Kraig Williams, Dr. Pu-Qui Jiang, and Dr. Robert Gregg.  Lambert is also a member of the Flagstaff Symphony.