Faculty

Dr. Eric Wachmann
Professor of Music
Office:  FAC 122
Phone: (319) 352-8508

Dr. Eric Wachmann is Professor of Music at Wartburg College where he teaches Clarinet and Music Theory. He holds a B.Mus from the University of Ottawa and a M.M. from the University of Michigan where he studied with Fred Ormand. He received his D.M.A. from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro where he studied with clarinetist Kelly Burke.

A renowned clarinetist, Wachmann has performed extensively with professional orchestral, chamber and jazz ensembles in the United States, Canada and Europe. He is principal clarinet with the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Symphony and plays bass clarinet with the New Hampshire Music Festival Orchestra. He is also currently guest clarinet with the University of Northern Iowa Northwind Faculty Wind Quintet. In addition, he has performed with the Cedar Rapids, North Carolina, Greensboro (N.C.), Windsor (Ontario), Toledo (Ohio), Flint (Mich.), and Ottawa (Ontario) Symphonies, and has also performed with jazz ensembles at the Montreux Jazz Festival, the Ozone Jazz Festival, and the North Sea Jazz Festival. An active soloist, Dr. Wachmann has performed concerts throughout North America and Europe including concerts with pianist Ted Reuter in Belarus. As a part of their 1995 tour, they were the first North American musicians invited to perform at the Sophia Concert Hall in Polatsk, Belarus.

Dr. Wachmann has been a Yamaha Artist since 1996 and has given masterclasses and clinics throughout the region. He is a co-founder of the Eastern Iowa Clarinet Camp, which is dedicated to teaching the craft of clarinet performance to Middle and High School aged students. The Camp takes place each summer on the Wartburg College campus.

Wachmann and fellow Wartburg College faculty member Ted Reuter have recently recorded the complete works for clarinet and piano of the French group of composers known as "Les Six." Centaur Records released this recording internationally in October 2002 to positive reviews.

"Music of Brahms and Schumann,” featuring Dr. Eric Wachmann and Dr. Ted Reuter, was released in March 2007. The CD is available from Centaurrecords.com and other online merchants. This CD was chosen as "CD of the Month" by KHKE for June 2007 and Wachmann and Reuter gave an interview June 8 as part of their feature.