Eric Hutchins
began playing
guitar, piano, and trumpet at an early age, and various folk
instruments in high school. Since completing a Bachelor
of Music Education degree with high honors from the University
of Montana, he has taught string orchestra in Missoula, Montana
public schools. Eric earned the Master of Music degree in Composition
& Technology at UM in 1997. He performs on stringed
instruments as a soloist and with WilloWood, as a trumpeter
with the Missoula Symphony Orchestra and as a member of
the Missoula Brass Quartet, and fronts Go Dog Go!,
a local rock band. He has also performed with the Montana
Chamber Orchestra and String Orchestra Of The Rockies,
and conducted orchestras at the UM Music Camp, the International
Suzuki Institute, and the MCPS Summer Program.
