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Eric Siereveld

About Me

Eric Siereveld is a Cincinnati native and a graduate of Morehead State University where he majored in Music Education. Eric has been involved with his own Quintet, Quartet and Trio and groups led by local musicias in Bloomington, Morehead and Cincinnati. Eric plays locally in Cincinnati, Bloomington, Morehead, Lexington, Louisville area. He performs in the pit of many theatre companies including the Morehead Theatre Guild, MSU Players, and Showbiz Players. Eric also Performs regularly with Don Steins and the Powerhouse Boogie Band in the Cincinnati area. Eric has also had the honor of performing with some of the best musicians in the country including Pat Harbison, Mike Hackett, Gordon Brisker, Greg Abate, Dave Hazeltine, Tom Taylor, Jason Tieman, Tyrone Wheeler, Paul Piller, Mike Meloy, Denis DiBlasio, Steve Davis, Gordon Towell, Jamey Aebersold, Steve Snyder, Vince DiMartino and several others. Eric's primary trumpet teachers include Greg Wing, William Adam, Joey Tartell, and Pat Harbison. He studied jazz with Gordon Towell and David Baker, and Jazz/Piano with Steve Snyder. He has also undertaken Arranging and Composition lessons with Brent Wallarab. In recent news, Eric was recognized as an Outstanding Soloist at the Elmhurst Jazz Festival in February 2007. He also competed in the 2007 and 2008 National Trumpet Competition in both the Solo Jazz Division Finals and the Trumpet Ensemble Competition. Eric is currently working on his masters at the prestigious Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University, where he is pursuing a Masters in Jazz Studies.Eric is available for freelance work in all areas of trumpet playing in Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky and anywhere else he's needed!Feel free to contact me about gigs, or private lessons. [email protected]

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Member Since: 14/01/2007
Band Website: myspace.com/ericsiereveld
Band Members: QUARTET MEMBERS: Me- Trumpet/Flugelhorn, Matt Hornbeck- Guitar, Kevin Lampson- Bass, and Chasen Little- Set ---------- ERIC SIEREVELD GROUP: Me- Trumpet, Alex McNeilly- Alto Sax, Amy Rempel- Piano, Kam Markworth- Bass, John Valdez- Set
Influences: Clifford Brown, Freddie Hubbard, Alex Sipiagin, Jim Rotondi, Roy Hargrove, Nicholas Payton, Woody Shaw, Scott Wendholt, Tom Harrell, Miles Davis, Kenny Garrett, Phil Smith, Bud Herseth, John Swana, John Coltrane, Herbie Hancock, Art Blakey, Eric Alexander, Chris Potter, Pat Harbison, Chris Botti, Bill Evans, Brad Turner, Adam Rogers, Sam Yahel, Seamus Blake, and Ralph Bowen.Teachers: Mr. Wing, Mr. Adam, Gordon Towell, Steve Snyder, Joey Tartell, Pat Harbison, and David Baker.
Sounds Like: Two-Beat Techno Funk.
Record Label: Unsigned

My Blog

Who Me?

This new take of Who Me? is a recording that MSU's Jazz one did the past spring.  The regular lead player was ill and couldn't make the session, so I filled in for him.  I hadn't played lead...
Posted by on Fri, 09 May 2008 22:08:00 GMT

Tunes from our March session.

The two new cuts I have up here are from a small recording project I did with a quartet.  Because of limited space I had to cut them down a bit.  The guys that helped me put this together ar...
Posted by on Thu, 24 May 2007 20:21:00 GMT

My new tracks.

I've posted four tunes up here for others to listen to and provide some feedback.  The tune "The Mad Hatter" is one that I wrote and I like to know what people think of it. I've written several t...
Posted by on Mon, 22 Jan 2007 19:55:00 GMT