ERIKA ECKERT, viola University of Colorado Boulder College of Music Boulder, CO 80309
[email protected] EDUCATION Eastman School of Music – Rochester, NY -- Bachelor of Music – 1987 Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music – Cincinnati, OH – 1984 - 1985 Ohio State University – Columbus, OH – 1982 - 1984 FACULTY APPOINTMENTS 1994 - Present University of Colorado at Boulder Boulder, CO Assistant Professor of Viola – 1994 - 2002 Associate Professor of Viola – 2002 - present Chair of Strings – 2014 - present Duties include teaching applied viola majors at the undergraduate, masters and doctoral level, coaching and assist in coordinating chamber music, and some years, co-teaching Orchestral Repertoire. Chairing Strings encompasses the usual administrative responsibilities. 2011 – Present Brevard Music Center Brevard, NC Viola Instruction and Chamber Music Coaching Duties include teaching eight talented high school, undergraduate and graduate viola students, coaching string quartets, and playing, side-by-side the students, in the Brevard Music Center Orchestra. 1994 – 1996 Chautauqua Institution Chautauqua, NY Chamber Music Coordinator and Viola Instructor For three summers, coordinated the chamber music program for the Music Festival Symphony Orchestra, a college-level orchestra of approximately one hundred members. Proctored the chamber music auditions at the beginning of the summer and put ensembles together for two three-week sessions, coordinated coaching assignments, master classes and performances, and maintained a full studio of viola students and chamber music groups. 1993 – 1994 Baldwin Wallace College-Conservatory of Music Berea, OH Viola Instruction and Chamber Music Coaching Duties included teaching undergraduate viola majors and non-majors and coaching chamber music. 1988 – 1994 Cleveland Institute of Music Cleveland, OH Viola Instruction and Chamber Music Coaching As a member of the Cavani String Quartet, coordinated the chamber music program, including the Intensive Quartet Seminar and the Apprenticeship Quartet Program.