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It’s almost Christmas break or, perhaps more to the point for overworked UC Berkeley students, exam week and campus is bustling with students running around getting ready for finals and the holidays. Among the hectic rhythm of life is campus junior Paul Nicknish playing “Jingle Bells” on his 6-foot, 25-pound double bass.
Nicknish has been one of the seven bass players in the UC Berkeley Symphony Orchestra, or UCBSO, since his freshman year. Nicknish also plays in UC Berkeley’s Chamber Orchestra and a campus jazz ensemble.
According to Nicknish, his introduction to the bass was quite coincidental. When Nicknish decided to join his middle school’s beginner’s orchestra, he did not know which instrument to pick. Inspiration came from the TV, he said.