about eric
the pianist
Eric graduated from the University of Puget Sound with a degree in Piano Performance. His chamber music experience began in high school, when he was given a full scholarship to Madeleine Island Music Camp, where he was a member of a quintet which performed Schumann's formidable Piano Quintet. He played as a member of several groups at the University of Puget Sound, as a both a harpsichordist and a pianist, helping to arrange a concert of women's music and playing the harpsichord for a performance of Elisabeth-Claude Jacquet de la Guerre's magnificent cantata Judith on that concert.
Eric has been a church music director for many years, both at Buffalo Covenant Church and Queenswest Church. He has performed as a solo pianist at such venues as the Hilton, St. Paul Hotel, Marriott, and Seattle's Court in the Square. He also performed regularly on contract at the Colonnade Building in Minneapolis
He is a first prize winner in the SPTA Concerto Competition, a second and third prize winner in the MMTA Competition, and a finalist in numerous other competitions.
By day, he works as a software engineer.