Eric Willie
Domino III by Philippe Boivin
Wednesday, 12:30 p.m.

Eric J. Willie currently serves as assistant professor of percussion at Tennessee Technological University in Cookeville, Tennessee. At Tennessee Tech, Willie directs the classical and pop percussion ensembles, arranges for the Tennessee Tech Drumline, and teaches undergraduate and graduate applied percussion studies. Willie earned his bachelor’s degree from Austin Peay State University and his master’s degree from the University of Kentucky. Currently, he is pursuing a doctoral degree at the University of North Texas. Willie also serves as vice president of the Tennessee Chapter of PAS and percussion caption head for the Southwind Drum and Bugle Corps. He has performed as an extra percussionist with the Nashville Symphony, the Bowling Green Symphony, and the Lexington Philharmonic. As a member of the University of North Texas Wind Symphony, he recorded alongside marimba virtuosos Keiko Abe and Mark Ford as well as recording with his contemporary percussion ensemble, the Bain Percussion Group. In addition, he has appeared at the World Saxophone Congress, the Bands of American National Percussion Festival, and at the 2003 Percussive Arts Society International Convention. He has directed the percussion programs at the University of Wisconsin–Whitewater and Austin College. Additionally, Willie served as a percussion specialist for the Sherman, Texas Independent School District and Newman Smith High School in Carrollton, Texas. Willie has published articles in The Instrumentalist and Percussive Notes.

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