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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 

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