Erik Schmalz, a specialist in trombones and performance from the renaissance to the romantic periods, works internationally with many prestigious ensembles. Among others, these include Dark Horse Consort, Tafelmusik, Ciaramella, Green Mountain Project, The Toronto Consort, Trinity Baroque Orchestra, Opera Lafayette, and Handel and Haydn Society. Performing on period trombones, renaissance slide trumpet, and recorder, his versatility also led him to be cast as one of the seven instrumentalists in the Globe Theater’s productions of Richard III and Twelfth Night on Broadway. Erik received degrees on trombone performance from Oberlin Conservatory of Music where he studied with Ray Premru, and from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music with Tony Chipurn. When not performing, he is usually maintaining and enjoying antique cars and boats, but also be found teaching at summer workshops such as Mountain Collegium in Cullowhee, NC. He resides in Collinsville, CT.
