Biography

Erich discovered his passion for improvising 40 years ago. He plays a range of instruments including recorders, flute, guitar and wind controller, though his specialty is keyboards. He has taught individual and group lessons for the last 30 years, both for improvisation and conventional music lessons. He performs regularly with the Latin band Saludos Compay, his world-beat jazz band One Sun, and other local groups. He teaches privately in Chapel Hill, directs the Emerson Waldorf School Jazz Band and instructs improvisation for the Piedmont Youth Orchestra. Helping people of all ages learn to express themselves through playing music is one of the most fulfilling things he can think of.