1SG Nicole Daley
1SG Nicole (Nikki) Daley was born in Johnstown, PA and raised in the Tampa, FL area. She received her BM in Music Performance and BS in Music Education from the University of South Florida. She then continued her education at Indiana University where she received an MM in Trumpet Performance. She enlisted in 2010, as an Army Musician (42R) and attended basic training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina.
After graduating from AIT at the US Army School of Music at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek – Fort Story, she was assigned to the FORSCOM Band at Fort Bragg, NC. Her follow-on assignments include USAREUR Band & Chorus, Sembach, Germany; 82nd Airborne Division Band, Fort Bragg, NC; and 1st Recruiting Brigade HQ, Fort Meade, MD.
1SG Daley is committed to both music and volunteering and has been on the boards of both the National Concert Band of America and the International Alliance for Women in Music. She also was a co-author of a cookbook for Kinhaven Music School that’s profits go towards commissioning music for middle school students by underrepresented composers. To date, the cookbook has sold enough copies to commission two pieces, which were premiered in 2023 and 2024.
1SG Daley is married to her ever-supportive husband.