James Mick is an assistant professor of music education at Ithaca College in Ithaca, New York. He teaches courses in conducting and string pedagogy, helps manage junior string student teachers, supervises underclassman music education majors, and conducts the Ithaca College Sinfonietta.

An active lecturer, clinician, conductor, and performer, Mick has recently presented at the NYSSMA Winter Conference in Rochester, New York, adjudicated middle school and high school orchestras in Florida, and published articles in the String Research Journal (in press) and Florida Music Director. Additionally, he is the past assistant conductor of the Big Bend Community Orchestra and a past double bass section player with the Tallahassee Symphony Orchestra.

Originally a native of Kansas, Mick has taught elementary and middle school orchestra in Texas, and high school orchestra and jazz band in New York. Mick is currently finishing his dissertation on string instrument vibrato at Florida State University where he is completing a PhD in Music Education. Mick holds a Master of Music degree in Music Education from Ithaca College and a Bachelor of Music Education degree from Texas Christian University.