Nate Deuel is a multi-instrumentalist, arranger, and educator based in Bozeman, Montana. Current projects include the MSU Wind Symphony's premiere and recording of Joel Love's new soprano saxophone concerto, The Invisible Battle, with Dr. Wonki Lee this November. Most recently, he performed tenor saxophone in the world premiere of Zach Redler's A River Runs Through It with Opera Montana. Additionally, He won the 2024 Northwest MTNA Young Artist Competition and was named runner-up in the 2025 MASO Young Artists Competition.

Nate’s arrangement of Robert Muczynski’s Sonata for Alto Saxophone and Piano for saxophone quintet was premiered by Dr. Lee and the MSU Saxophone Quartet at the 2025 NASA Conference in Moscow, Idaho. Other arrangements include Ennio Morricone’s Gabriel’s Oboe, Pantomime by Philip Sparke, Heitor Villa-Lobos’s Fantasia, Antonin Dvořák’s Carnival Overture, and The Throne Room and End Title from Star Wars, by John Williams.

A versatile presence in the pit, he covers clarinet, bass clarinet, and sopranino through bass saxophones. As a performer with Bigfork Summer Playhouse, Montana TheatreWorks, and Opera Montana, his credits include Fiddler on the Roof, Cabaret, The Music Man, A River Runs Through It, and White Christmas. Nate also performs with Bozeman Symphony Orchestra, both in the concert hall and in community outreach programs.

Maintaining a private studio in Bozeman, Nate regularly guest teaches and performs at schools across Montana. He is currently pursuing a Bachelor of Arts in Music at Montana State University, where he studies saxophone with Dr. Wonki Lee. He serves as principal saxophonist of the MSU Wind Symphony and plays soprano saxophone in the MSU Saxophone Quartet.