Faculty
Eric Scherer
Adjunct Instructor of Percussion
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M.M. University of Central Arkansas
B.M.E. Southeast Missouri State University
Biography
From St. Louis, Missouri, Eric Scherer is not your average musician. He started studying music at the age of eight years old with various amateur and professional musicians since. With these twenty plus years of instruction, Scherer has refined his technique and musicianship taking it upon himself to perfect the canon of musical literature that previous masters confronted. The result of this labor is a string of successful performances, along with audience and critical acclaim.
Scherer received a Bachelor of Music Education degree from Southeast Missouri State University studying primarily under Dr. Shane Mizicko. He studied with world renown percussionist and composer Blake Tyson at University of Central Arkansas earning a Master of Music degree. Furthermore, Scherer served as a Graduate Teaching Assistant and was selected to record with Tyson on his debut album Firefish: The Music of Blake Tyson. Currently, Scherer is pursuing a Doctor of Musical Arts degree at Louisiana State University studying under percussionist and composer Dr. Brett William Dietz. Scherer is an Adjunct Professor of Percussion at Southern University - Baton Rouge, and drum instructor at the School of Rock - Baton Rouge.