Erik A Rohde, DMA
Education
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, MN - 2011-2014
DOCTOR OF MUSICAL ARTS in CONDUCTING
Primary Emphasis: Orchestral Conducting
Secondary Emphasis: Choral Conducting
Thesis Topic: The Life and Works of French Composer Michel Merlet (b. 1939)
European American Musical Alliance, Schola Cantorum, Paris, France - 2012
DIPLÔME with distinction in Harmony and Score Reading
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, MN
MASTER OF MUSIC in ORCHESTRAL CONDUCTING 2009 – 2011
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, MN
BACHELOR OF MUSIC in VIOLIN PERFORMANCE 2003 – 2008
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, MN
BACHELOR OF BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING, with distinction 2003 – 2008
Conducting
PROFESSIONAL CONDUCTING APPOINTMENTS
Winona Symphony Orchestra, Winona, MN 2018 – present
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR and CONDUCTOR
Salomon Chamber Orchestra, Terre Haute, IN 2017 – 2020
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR and CONDUCTOR
Buffalo Community Orchestra, Buffalo, MN 2011 – 2014
MUSIC DIRECTOR and CONDUCTOR
PROFESSIONAL GUEST CONDUCTING
Waterloo-Cedar Falls Symphony, Cedar Falls, IA Dec 31, 2021
New Years Eve Concert with Maddie Poppe
Terre Haute Symphony Orchestra, Terre Haute, IN Dec 1, 2018
Classical Holiday Concert
Classical Music Festival, Eisenstadt, Austria Aug 2016, Aug 2018
Classical-era Festival in Haydn’s hometown
Southwest Minnesota Orchestra, Marshall, MN Apr 17, 2011
Liszt 200th anniversary concert with Ksenia Nosikova, piano
UNIVERSITY CONDUCTING APPOINTMENTS
University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA 2020 – present
DIRECTOR of ORCHESTRAL ACTIVITIES
Assistant Professor in the School of Music
Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN 2014 – 2020
DIRECTOR of STRING ACTIVITIES and ORCHESTRA
Assistant Professor in the School of Music
University of Minnesota Symphony Orchestra, Minneapolis, MN 2011 – 2014
ASSISTANT CONDUCTOR and ORCHESTRAL MANAGER
Contemporary Music Workshop, Minneapolis, MN 2011 – 2014
CONDUCTOR
University of Minnesota Summer Orchestra, Minneapolis, MN Summers 2010, 2013, 2014
CONDUCTOR and ORCHESTRAL MANAGER
University of Minnesota Campus Orchestras and Campus String Orchestra, Minneapolis, MN
CONDUCTOR 2009 – 2014
University of Minnesota Opera Theatre, Minneapolis, MN 2009 – 2014
ASSISTANT CONDUCTOR
UNIVERSITY GUEST CONDUCTING
Christopher Newport University Orchestra, Newport News, VA Feb 13, 2022
Guest rehearsal conductor
University of Arkansas Symphony Orchestra, Fayetteville, AR Sept 29, 2021
Guest rehearsal conductor
Trinity University Symphony, San Antonio, TX Feb 10-11, 2019
Orchestral Clinic Guest Conductor
Worcester Polytechnic Institute Symphony Orchestra, Worcester, MA
Orchestral Clinic Guest Conductor Sept 26, 2018
Orchestral Clinic Guest Conductor Mar 29, 2017
Wartburg College Meistersinger Festival, Waverly, IA Feb 11, 2018
Festival Guest Clinician and Conductor
Indiana Music Educators Association, Fort Wayne, IN Jan 2017, 2019
Intercollegiate Masterworks Ensemble
YOUTH ENSEMBLE CONDUCTING APPOINTMENTS
Community School for the Arts Youth Orchestra, Terre Haute, IN 2015 – 2017
FOUNDING ARTISTIC DIRECTOR and CONDUCTOR
MacPhail Center for Music, Minneapolis, MN 2013 – 2014
CAMARATA SUZUKI ORCHESTRA CONDUCTOR
Trinity School at River Ridge, Eagan, MN 2011 – 2014
STRING ENSEMBLE CONDUCTOR
YOUTH ENSEMBLE GUEST CONDUCTING
Recruitment Orchestral Clinics at regional High Schools in MN, IA, IL, and IN 2014 – 2022
Minnesota String and Orchestra Teachers Association, Minneapolis, MN Feb 19, 2022
Middle Level Honor Orchestra Conductor
2022 Metropolitan Orchestra Festival, Cedar Rapids, IA Feb 5, 2022
High School Symphony Orchestra Conductor
Northeastern Iowa String Teachers Association, Waverly, IA Jan 8, 2022
NEISTA High School Honor Orchestra Conductor
Quad City Symphony Youth Ensembles, Davenport, IA
Youth Philharmonic Guest Conductor Dec 12, 2021
Youth Philharmonic/Youth Symphony Orchestra Guest Conductor Jan 9-10, 2021
Wind/Brass/Percussion Sectional Guest Conductor Oct 8, 2017
Linn-Mar High School, Marion, IA Nov 2, 2021
Honor Chamber Orchestra Festival Conductor
Linda Luebke Strings Festival, Terre Haute, IN Sept 2014 – 2020
Advanced Orchestra Conductor
Illinois Music Educators Association, Charleston, IL
Inaugural Large Group Festival Conducting Adjudicator Mar 9, 2019
District V Senior Orchestra Conductor Nov 18, 2017
All-Region Honor Orchestra, Indianapolis, IN Oct 28, 2017
Advanced Orchestra Conductor
Violin
ORCHESTRAL VIOLIN
Quad Cities Symphony Orchestra, Davenport, IA 2014 – present SECTION FIRST VIOLIN
Waterloo-Cedar Falls Symphony, Cedar Falls, IA various, 2020 – 2022 GUEST CONCERTMASTER and PRINCIPAL SECOND VIOLIN
Illinois Symphony Orchestra, Springfield, IL 2015 – 2020 SECTION SECOND VIOLIN (ACTING PRINCIPAL/ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL)
Terre Haute Symphony Orchestra, Terre Haute, IN 2014 – 2020 SECTION FIRST VIOLIN
CHAMBER MUSIC
UNI Faculty String Quartet, Cedar Falls, IA 2020 – present SECOND VIOLIN
Cedar Valley Chamber Music Festival, Cedar Falls, IA 2020 – present VIOLIN
SELECTED INTERNATIONAL/CONCERTO PERFORMANCES
100th Anniversary Pomeranian Celebration, Bytów, Poland May 15, 2020 Invited chamber music performance by the Musical Academy of Gdańsk, cancelled due to COVID-19
Bach 300: The Complete Sonatas and Partitas for Violin, Eisenach, Germany May 8, 2020 Invited performance in Bach’s birth city, cancelled due to COVID-19
Winona Symphony Orchestra, Winona, MN Sept 14, 2019 Performance of Bach – Concerto for Two Violins with Hillary Kingsley, violin
sonic apricity 2019 Southern France Tour June 4, 5, 2019 Invited performances in Montpellier and Toulouse, France
Alba Music Festival: Italy & USA, Alba, Italy May 25 – June 2, 2019 Four performances and a full recording session including 18 premieres with sonic apricity and Clare Longendyke, piano
Classical Music Festival, Eisenstadt, Austria Aug 2016, 2017, 2018 Chamber and orchestral performances in the original performance venues of Joseph Haydn
Outreach Chamber Concert, Sopron, Hungary Aug 11, 2017 Performance of Brahms String Quintet in G Major, Op. 111
Shenyang Conservatory of Music, Shenyang, China June 8-12, 2017 Residency including chamber music and violin masterclasses, culminating in a performance of American works for strings.
EAMA Guest Recital, Paris, France July 22, 2016 Invited recital of contemporary music for the European American Musical Alliance at the Schola Cantorum, Paris, France.
sonic apricity 2016 France/Austria Tour July, 2016 Invited performances in Montpellier and Toulouse, France and Eisenstadt, Austria
Buffalo Community Orchestra, Buffalo, MN May 14, 2016 Invited concerto performance of Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto
2012 Alba Music Festival | Italy & USA, Alba, Italy June 1, 2012 “Road Music” – Program of Contemporary American Works for Violin and Piano