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    Eric Black, Music Recruitment Coordinator, wearing a blue sport coat and purple striped shirt

    Eric Black

    College of the Arts
    Admissions & Recruitment Coordinator
    Campus:
    Kent
    Contact Information
    Email:
    eblack11@kent.edu
    Phone:
    3306729239

    Biography

    Eric Black is the Music Recruitment Coordinator at Kent State University and a freelance tubist in Northeast Ohio.

    He was born and raised in the small town of South Hill, Virginia. During his high school years, he was a soloist with the United States Army Field Band as a result of winning the US Army All-American Young Artist Competition. He went on to achieve a bachelor’s degree in Music Education from George Mason University where he primarily studied with former Boston Brass tubist and current podcast mogul, Andrew Hitz. He then went to study at Carnegie Mellon University under the tutelage of Pittsburgh Symphony principal tubist, Craig Knox, obtaining a master’s degree in Tuba Performance in 2019.

    He has played with many orchestras and bands throughout the east coast performing with the Fayetteville Symphony as well as the Columbus Symphony Brass Quintet. Along with this, he is a substitute tubist for the Rock Hill Symphony, Canton Symphony Orchestra, Akron Symphony Orchestra, Erie Philharmonic, and River City Brass Band.

    Education

    Master of Music, Carnegie Mellon University '19
    Bachelor of Music, George Mason University '17
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