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ERIC DERR671 Franklin Pl. Unit F, Philadelphia, PA 19123
Tel: (630) 388-9051 | [email protected] | ericderr.com
EDUCATION
Doctorate of Musical Arts, Contemporary Percussion Performance University of California, San Diego, 2014.Steven Schick – Percussion Professor
Master of Music, Solo Percussion Performance, McGill University, 2010.Aiyun Huang, Fabrice Marandola – Percussion Professors
Bachelor of Music, Percussion Performance, DePaul University, 2008.Ted Atkatz, Michael Green, Eric Millstein, Al Payson – Percussion Professors
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Full-Time Instructor (finalist), Ear-Training and Contemporary Music, Peabody Conservatory of Music, Baltimore MD, 2015.
Teaching Artist, Musicopia Non-profit, Philadelphia, PA, 2015.
Production Manager/Recruiter, Bowerbird's “Begin Anywhere Concert Series”, Philadelphia, PA. 2015.
Masterclass, New Pieces for Percussion and Electronics, McGill University, McGill, QC. December 2014.
Masterclass, Composing for Contemporary Percussion, DePaul University, Chicago, IL. October 2014.
Substitute Music Teacher, The Philadelphia School. (1st - 8th grade) Philadelphia, PA. September 2014 – present.
Percussion Instructor, Private Lessons, Percussion Ensemble, Settlement Music School, Philadelphia, PA, October 2014 – Present.
Drumline Instructor, CamdenForward School. (6th - 8th grade) Camden, NJ. 2014 – present.
Percussion Instructor, Holy Name School. (4th grade) Camden, NJ. 2014 – present.
Percussion Coach, Symphony in C Youth Orchestra. (7th - 11th grade) Haddonfield, NJ. 2014 – present.
Drum Circle Instructor, Hole in the Wall Gang's Camp Week @ Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, July 2014.
Assistant Professor, Basic Musicianship, University of California, San Diego, 2013 – 2014.
Assistant Professor, Experimental Practices in Popular Music, University of California, San Diego, Summer 2013.
Teaching Assistant, Basic Musicianship, University of California, San Diego, 2010 – 2013.
Assistant Professor, Experimental Practices in Popular Music, University of California, San Diego, Summer 2012.
Group Hand-Drumming Instructor, City Heights Music School. (11th - 12th grade) San Diego, CA. 2012.
Teaching Assistant, Popular Music, Dub Music, University of California, San Diego, Summer 2011.
Teaching Assistant, Contemporary Music, University of California, San Diego, Winter 2010.
Percussion Area Manager, McGill University, Montreal, QC. 2009 – 2010.
Percussion Ensemble Coach, McGill University, Montreal, QC. 2009 – 2010.
Research Assistant, Aiyun Huang's Saving Percussion Theater Project, Montreal, QC. 2008 – 2010.
Masterclass, Music of Iannis Xenakis and César Potes, Lansing Community College, Lansing, MI, October 2008.
Percussion Ensemble Coach, DePaul University, Chicago, IL. 2007 – 2008
Percussion Outreach Specialist, Civic Orchestra of Chicago's MusiCorps, Chicago, IL. 2007.
Co-Founder/Co-Director, Student New Music Ensemble, DePaul University, Chicago, IL. 2006 – 2008.
Summer Percussion Instructor, Jefferson Middle School. (6th - 8th grade) Villa Park, IL. Summer 2006.
SELECTED RECORDINGS
“Kontakte” Karlheinz Stockhausen, “windowed 1 Version 1” Johannes Kreidler, “700 Club” Patrick Hart, Release forthcoming, Producer/Musician, 2015.
“Tocsin” Lewis Nielson, Mode Records, Musician, 2014.
“Stills; Edges” Yvonne Wu, UCSD Music, Musician, 2013.
“Save Percussion Theater – Aiyun Huang” Mode Records DVD, Musician/Assistant Producer, 2012.
AWARDS and HONORS
Graduate Recording Grant, University of California, San Diego, 2013 – 2014.
TA Excellence Award for Superior Teaching, University of California, San Diego, 2013.
Travel Grant, University of California, San Diego, 2013.
Graduate Scholarship, University of California, San Diego, 2010 – 2014.
Banff Festival Scholarship, Banff Center for the Arts, 2009.
Schulich Scholarship, McGill University, 2008 – 2010.
Performance Scholarship, DePaul University, 2004 – 2008.
SELECTED PERFORMANCE EXPERIENCE
Messiaen's Exotic Birds with ICE at the Mostly Mozart Festival, Lincoln Center, NYC. August 16, 2015.
Art/Music at The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, MD. July 23, 2015.
Harvard University Residency with Ensemble Dal Niente, Cambridge, MA. May 9-16, 2015.
ICE plays Music of Michael Finnissy, Spectrum, NYC. March 25, 2015.
Solo Drum Set Concert, Great Birnam Wood (Carolyn Chen), Emptier, the light, the sky and the light (Kyle Johnson), 700 Club (Patrick Hart), Fresh Sound Music Series, San Diego, CA. March 20, 2015.
Music of Alexander Sigman fcremaperc, US Premiere, Spectrum, NYC. February 11, 2015.
Invited Concert for the “Discovery Music Series”, fcremaperc (Alexander Sigman) World Premiere, Five Stages (Taylor Brook) World Premiere, McGill University, Montreal, QC. December 5, 2014.
The Open Work, Fall Experimental Music Series, thefidgetspace, Philadelphia, PA. November 8, 2014.
Dal Niente plays music of George Lewis and G.F. Haas' In Vain at Library of Congress, Washington D.C. October 31, 2014.
Music for Thunder, Choreographed by Tatyana Tennenbaum, Reflection:Response Series, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA. October 24, 2014.
Karlheinz Stockhausen's Mikrophonie I with red fish blue fish, Black Box Theater, University of California, San Diego. May 15, 2014.
San Diego Symphony, Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade, Copley Hall, San Diego, CA. May 11, 2014.
New Voices II, Apparatus – Monday Evening Concerts, Cradles and The Great Knot (Thomas Meadowcroft), Alban (Rick Burkhardt), Los Angeles, CA. May 5, 2014.
red fish blue fish at Sweet Thunder: SFCMP Festival of Electro-Acoustic Music, Mikrophonie I Karlheinz Stockhausen, Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA. April 17, 2014.
Divided Attention, DMA Percussion Recital, University of California, San Diego, March 6, 2014.
red fish blue fish at LACMA Art & Music Series, Third Construction (John Cage), Thirteen Changes: For Malcom Goldstein (Pauline Oliveros), Los Angeles, CA. March 15, 2014.
red fish blue fish at Monday Evening Concerts, Under the Umbrella Jo Kondo, Zipper Hall, Los Angeles, CA. December 9, 2013.
Connections Chamber Music Series, Carlsbad and Encinitas Libraries, Carlsbad and Encinitas, CA. December 7 – 8, 2013.
red fish blue fish, Con Luigi Dallapiccola (Luigi Nono), Linea (Luciano Berio), University of California, San Diego. November 20, 2013.
George Lewis Assemblages, World Premiere, Dal Niente at the BGSU New Music Festival, Bowling Green, OH. October 17, 2013.
“You've Never Heard it Taste So Good!” Multimedia Original at Summer Break, San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, CA. July 14, 2013.
International Contemporary Ensemble at Loops and Variations, Ionisation Edgard Varèse, Pritzker Pavilion, Chicago, IL. July 4, 2013.
red fish blue fish at Ojai North!, Hertz Hall, UC Berkeley, CA. June 12 – 15, 2013.
red fish blue fish at the Ojai Music Festival, Strange and Sacred Noise (John Luther Adams), Concerto for Organ with Percussion Orchestra and Fugue for Percussion (Lou Harrison), In C (Terry Riley), Third Construction, Credo in US (John Cage), Ojai, CA. June 8 – 9, 2013.
red fish blue fish, CPMC Concert Hall, University of California, San Diego. May 9, 2013.
La Jolla Symphony and Chorus Amériques Edgard Varèse, Mandeville Auditorium, University of California, San Diego. May 4 – 5, 2013.
red fish blue fish Le Noir de L'Étoile Gerard Grisey, Mandeville Auditorium, University of California, San Diego. February 7, 2013.
DMA Percussion Recital, Kontakte and Nasenflügeltanz (Karlheinz Stockhausen), University of California, San Diego. January 13, 2013.
San Diego Symphony Pops Concert with Brian Stokes Mitchell, Copley Hall, San Diego, CA. January 18 – 19, 2013.
New Voices – Monday Evening Concerts, Great Hymn of Thanksgiving (Rick Burkhardt), Los Angeles, CA. December 3, 2012.
Carlsbad Family Open Studios, Schulman Auditorium, Carlsbad Library, Carlsbad, CA. November 17, 2012.
red fish blue fish, Le Livre des Claviers (Philippe Manoury), Tocsin (Lewis Nielson), University of California, San Diego. November 15, 2012.
2012 Percussive Arts Society International Convention (PASIC) Focus Day Performance, red fish blue fish, Six, Inlets, But what about the noise of crumpling paper... (John Cage), Double Music (John Cage/Lou Harrison), Austin, TX. October 31, 2012.
red fish blue fish at the Carlsbad Music Festival, Carlsbad, CA. September 21 – 23, 2012.
“Billboard Stretch” at Summer Salon Series, Solo Performance, San Diego Museum of Art. July 27, 2012.
John Luther Adams “Inuksuit” at the Ojai Music Festival, Ojai, CA. June 7, 2012.
red fish blue fish on Monday Evening Concerts, L'Orologio di Arcevia Aldo Clementi, Zipper Hall, Los Angeles, CA. April 23, 2012.
A Symposium w/ His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet, red fish blue fish, San Diego, CA. April 18, 2012.
Music of Wojtek Blecharz at Springfest, University of California, San Diego. April 30, 2012.
An Evening with Chaya Czernowin, CPMC Concert Hall, University of California, San Diego. February 15, 2012.
La Jolla Symphony and Chorus, Still getting rid of (Nicholas Deyoe) World Premiere, Mandeville Auditorium, University of California, San Diego. February 11 – 12, 2012.
Steve Reich's “Music for 18 Musicians” LA Philharmonic's Green Umbrella Series w/ Bang on a Can All-Stars and red fish blue fish, Disney Hall, Los Angeles, CA. January 17, 2012.
La Jolla Symphony and Chorus, Les Noces (Igor Stravinsky), Mandeville Auditorium, University of California, San Diego. December 3 – 4, 2011.
red fish blue fish at the Carlsbad Music Festival, Carlsbad, CA. September 23 – 25, 2011.
James Dillon's Nine Rivers Oceanos, U.S. Premiere, Miller Theatre, NYC. September 17, 2011.
James Dillon's Nine Rivers East 11th St. NY 10003, U.S. Premiere, Miller Theatre, NYC. September 14, 2011
Percussion Recital, Great Hymn of Thanksgiving (Rick Burkhardt), Make 'em go AH! (collaboration w/ Visual Artist Frankie Martin), University of California, San Diego. November 15, 2011.
Rochester Knocking, Collboration with Visual Artist Monica Duncan, CSU San Marcos, San Marcos, CA. May 9, 2011.
Music of Robert Pierzak at Springfest, University of California, San Diego. April 20, 2011.
Archive Fever, BLAQ + YELLO (Collaboration with Visual Artist Frankie Martin), UCSD University Art Gallery, San Diego, March 2011.
La Jolla Symphony and Chorus Concerto for Florist Mark Applebaum, Mandeville Auditorium, University of California, San Diego. March 11 – 12, 2011.
red fish blue fish at the Tune-In Festival with eighth blackbird, Park Ave. Armory, NYC. February 17 – 20, 2011.
Palimpsest, Couleurs de la Cité Celeste (Olivier Messiaen), Improvisations sur Mallarmé (Pierre Boulez), University of California, San Diego. February 8, 2011.
red fish blue fish reunion concert Drumming Steve Reich, Sonic Diasporas, The Loft, UCSD. January 22, 2011.
red fish blue fish at Xenakis Exhibition Opening, MOCA Pacific Design Center, Los Angeles, CA. November 5, 2010.
red fish blue fish at the Carlsbad Music Festival, Carlsbad, CA. September 24, 2010.
Sonnez Ici! with Lori Freedman and Aiyun Huang, Bass Clarinet and Percussion (Morton Feldman), Ablauf (Magnus Lindberg), Haïti, Haïti (Chantale LaPlante) World Premiere, Conservatoire de Musique, Montreal, QC. August 25, 2010.
MusiMarch Dressur Mauricio Kagel, Redpath Hall, McGill University, Montreal, QC. March 5, 2010.
Final Master's Percussion Recital, Toucher (Vinko Globokar), Songs I – IX (Stuart Saunders Smith), Simulcast (Rick Burkhardt), Linde (Daniel Almada), McGill University. January 25, 2010.
Big Zang! La Sala Rossa, Montreal, QC. January 13, 2010.
Innovations en Concert Persephassa Iannis Xenakis, Conservatoire de Musique, Montreal, QC. October 6, 2009.
Ensemble Dal Niente Season Opener, HOT (Franco Donatoni), Red Arc/Blue Veil (John Luther Adams), Columbia College of Chicago, IL. October 2, 2009.
International Computer Music Conference, McGill University, Montreal, QC. August 19, 2009.
Banff Festival Orchestra, Banff Center for the Arts, Banff AB. July 2009.
Roots and Rhizomes Percussion Residency, Banff Center for the Arts, June 13 – 22, 2009.
First Master's Percussion Recital, Rebonds a (Iannis Xenakis), Loops II (Philippe Hurel), Rituals and Laments (Kurt Westerberg), Rimbarimba (Rodrigo Sigal). McGill University. May 28, 2009.
Invited Concert for “New Music DePaul”, DePaul University, Chicago, IL. May 15, 2009.
CBC/McGill Series, McGill University, Montreal, QC. February 12, 2009.
Pop Song Prolongations, Heaven Gallery, Chicago, IL. January 2, 2009.
Invited Concert for “Sound Scapes”, Lansing Community College, Lansing, MI. October 24, 2008.
Senior Percussion Recital, Dmaathen (Iannis Xenakis), Une (Jeffrey Silva), I Recalled this Idea from you, Mr. DuBois (Alejandro Acierto), Solo for Bowed Tam-Tam (Eric Derr), DePaul University. June 6, 2008.
Ensemble Dal Niente “Murmurs and Waves”, Roosevelt University, Chicago, IL. May 10, 2008.
Heaven Gallery Solo for Vibraphone, Mallets and Bow Nomi Epstein, Chicago, IL. March 30, 2008.
Ensemble Dal Niente “ALL BERIO” Folk Songs Luciano Berio, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL. March 15, 2008.
Ensemble Dal Niente “Repetition and Loops” Zilver Louis Andriessen, Green Mill Cocktail Lounge, Chicago, IL. March 9, 2008.
Evanston Symphony Orchestra, Substitute Percussionist, Evanston, IL. 2006 – 2008.
Ensemble Dal Niente “Songs, Dances and Serenades”, Roosevelt University, Chicago, IL. January 23, 2008.
Skokie Valley Symphony, Rimsky Korsakov Scheherazade, Skokie, IL. 2007.
Ensemble Dal Niente “Sax and Violins”, Green Mill Cocktail Lounge, Chicago, IL. December 3, 2007.
Steve Reich's “Music for 18 Musicians”, Student New Music Ensemble, DePaul University, Chicago, IL. May 29, 2007.
Park Ridge Civic Orchestra, Substitute Percussionist, Park Ridge, IL. 2007.
Ensemble Dal Niente “Text and Time” Bouchara Claude Vivier, Zhou B Art Center, Chicago, IL. October 19, 2007.
Ensemble Dal Niente “BAMA/CCF Concert Exchange”, Zhou B Art Center, Chicago, IL. June 2, 2007.
Encuentros, Tzolkin (Hilda Paredes), Rimbarimba (Rodrigo Sigal), Intensidad y Altura (Mesias Maiguashca), Patch 13 (Milton Estevez), DePaul University, Chicago, IL. May 12, 2007.
Oistrach Symphony Orchestra, Chicago, IL. 2007.
Lafayette Symphony Orchestra, Substitute Percussionist, Lafayette, IN, 2006.
Lira Ensemble, Orchestra Hall, Chicago, IL. 2006.
New Philharmonic Orchestra, Substitute Percussionist, Glen Ellyn, IL. 2005.
Concertante di Chicago, Substitute Percussionist, Chicago, IL. 2005.
MEDIA COVERAGE
2014 L.A. Times, Monday Evening Concerts (5/9)2013 ClevelandClassical.com, BGSU New Music Festival (10/16-10/19)
LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY
German: GoodFrench: Good
REFERENCES
Steven SchickDistinguished Professor of PercussionUniversity of California, San DiegoUCSD Department of Music9500 Gilman Dr. MC 0099La Jolla, CA 92093-0099
[email protected](619) 665-8024
Aiyun HuangAssociate Professor of PercussionMcGill UniversitySchulich School of Music555 Sherbrooke St. West (C306A)Montreal, QC H3A 1E3
[email protected] (858) 883-4542
Aleck KarisProfessor of PianoUniversity of California, San DiegoUCSD Department of Music9500 Gilman Dr. MC 0099La Jolla, CA 92093-0099
[email protected](858) 822-7107
Ted AtkatzDirector of Percussion StudiesBob Cole Conservatory of Music, CSU Long Beach1250 Bellflower Blvd.Long Beach, CA 90840-7101
[email protected](310) 405-3376
Joseph HartVice President of Artist Operations and EducationSymphony in CPO Box 8610Collingswood, NJ 08108
[email protected](201) 463-6832