About
Erin has won numerous awards as both soloist and chamber musician and has been featured throughout Europe, South America and the United States. She is a highly sought-after performer and pedagogue and has been published in Strings Magazine. Erin maintains an active performance schedule as a soloist and chamber musician. She has been a soloist with the Duluth Superior Symphony Orchestra, the Lake Superior Chamber Orchestra, the Long Prairie Chamber Orchestra, the Mesabi Symphony Orchestra and the Itasca Symphony Orchestra. She has been a guest artist at the Indiana University Summer Music Festival, Arizona State University, DePaul University Contemporary Concert Series, Madeline Island Music Camp, Ashland Chamber Music Series, National String Workshop, “Live at the Chazen” Concert Series and has been broadcast on National Public Radio, the BBC, Minnesota Public Radio and Wisconsin Public Radio.
Erin has several recordings, including her recording of Eugene Ysaÿe’s Six Sonatas for Solo Violin, Op. 27, and composer Justin Rubin’s Constellations for the MSR Classics label. In addition, she has done multiple recordings with acclaimed singer-songwriter Sara Thomsen as well as the Three Altos.
As a conductor, she has directed many ensembles around the state and has been the guest clinician for the UW-Milwaukee High School Honors Orchestra in 2007 and 2008. Under her direction, the University of Wisconsin-Superior Chamber Orchestra has developed a reputation for innovative programming specializing in performance of both traditional and new compositions. The UW-Superior Chamber Strings has been featured multiple times in concert at the Wisconsin State Music Educators State Conference and presented concert tours in Brazil and China.
In the Twin Ports area, Erin has received recognition as a prominent artist. In the spring of 2005, she was named concertmaster of the Duluth Superior Symphony Orchestra.
Erin attended Indiana University where she received her Bachelor’s degree in Violin Performance. She received her Master’s degree and Performer’s Certificate in Chamber Music Performance from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and was a member of the Leonard Sorkin Institute of Chamber Music under the direction of the Fine Arts Quartet. She continued her studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison where she received her Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Violin Performance. Her primary teachers include Mimi Zweig, Josef Gingold, Nellie Shkolnikova, Rostaslav Dubinsky, Efim Boico and Vartan Manoogian. Her conducting instructors include Margery Deutsch and David Becker.
In 2003, Erin joined the music faculty at the University of Wisconsin-Superior. She serves as Professor of Violin and Director of Orchestras. She is also the Concertmaster of both the Duluth Superior Symphony Orchestra and Lyric Opera of the North Opera Orchestra, and is on the faculty of the Indiana University Summer String Academy.
Sample Recordings
- Eugène Ysaÿe: Sonata No. 2 in A Minor dedicated to Jacques Thibaud:Movement I: Obsession (Prelude) – Poco vivace)
- Eugène Ysaÿe: Sonata No. 4 in E Minor dedicated to Fritz Kreisler: Movement I: Allemanda – Lento maestoso
- Aaron Copland: Sonata for Violin and Piano (1942/43): Movement III: Allegretto Giusto (with Ilya Friedberg, piano)
Awards
- 2012 – Community Enrichment Award, Duluth Depot Foundation
- 2012 – Honored by the American Association of University Women as one of four “Created Here” artists in the Duluth-Superior area.
- 2007 – “20 under 40” award, Duluth News Tribune
Education
- 2003 – Doctor of Musical Arts (D.M.A.) – Violin Performance, University of Wisconsin-Madison
- 2000 – Performance Certificate, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
- 1999 – Master of Music (M.M.) – Chamber Music Performance, University of Wisconsin-Madison
- 1996 – Bachelor of Music (B.M.) – Violin Performance, Indiana University Bloomington