姓名: EricWillie 英文名:- 性别:男 国籍:美国 出生地:- 语言:- 生日:- 星座:- 身高:- 体重:-
Dr. Eric Willie serves as Associate Professor of Percussion at Tennessee Tech University (TTU) in Cookeville, TN where he teaches applied percussion, directs the Classical and Pop Percussion Ensembles, and arranges for the TTU Golden Eagle Drum Line. In addition, Eric serves as President for the Tennessee Chapter of the Percussive Arts Society (PAS) and as a member of the PAS Education Committee.
Eric regularly performs with the Nief-Norf New Music Ensemble and the Eclectic Chamber Players. He has been a featured performer at the 2003, 2007, and 2009-2011 Percussive Arts Society International Conventions, the 2009 and 2006 Eastern Trombone Workshops, the 2005 Florida Electroacoustic Music Festival, the 2003 World Saxophone Congress, and the 2001 Bands of America National Percussion Festival. He has performed with the Nashville Symphony, Nashville Philharmonic, Murfreesboro Symphony, Lexington Philharmonic, Beloit/Janesville Symphony, Oak Ridge Symphony, and as Principal Percussionist with the Bryan Symphony Orchestra. In addition, Eric made his second Carnegie Hall appearance as an extra percussionist with the Nashville Symphony last May during the Spring for Music festival.
An avid promoter of new music for percussion, Eric most recently commissioned and performed the world premiere of John Mackey’s Drum Music (2011), a concerto for solo percussion and wind ensemble, with the TTU Wind Ensemble conducted by Joseph Hermann. Additionally, Eric has commissioned and/or premiered works by Jason Baker, Doug Bristol, Greg Danner, Christopher Deane, Leroy Osmon, Paul Lansky, John Psathas, D.J. Sparr, Blake Tyson, and James Wood.