Eric Lindsay

Eric Lindsay (born 1980) is an American composer, pianist and teacher. Hailed as "a distinctive and very promising voice--bold, witty and highly skilled in the handling of instrumental color and rhythmic complexity" (San Antonio Express-News), "engaging" (New York Times), and "a solid triumph" (San Francisco Classical Voice), Eric Lindsay’s music frequently plays upon the themes of style synthesis and the reinterpretation of tradition, and whose broad scope includes various approaches to concert music, interactive electronics, sound installation and film. Eric’s scores are published and distributed through Peermusic Classical with additional works published by qPress (Canada). Born in Santa Cruz in 1980 and raised on Whidbey Island, WA, Eric began composing at age nine. He holds composition degrees from Indiana University-Bloomington and USC, as well as studies at King’s College in London. His past instructors include Don Freund, Donald Crockett, Morten Lauridsen, P.Q. Phan, Claude Baker, Gabriela Ortiz, and Sydney Hodkinson. His work has been performed by the American Composer’s Orchestra, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Cabrillo Festival Orchestra, eighth blackbird, the Argento Ensemble, the New York New Music Ensemble, the Del Sol Quartet, ADORNO Ensemble, Chamber Mix, Volti, Thornton Contemporary Music Ensemble, Indiana University New Music Ensemble, Thompson Street Opera Company, and New Voices Opera, among many others. He is a lecturer at the Jacobs School of Music (Indiana University), where he teaches Music in Multimedia, Remixing, Producing EDM, and Music for Film.