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Master of Music and Bachelor of Science Degree from the Juilliard School. Erich served as principal flutist of the Utah Symphony from 1976-2012. His teachers have included Nelson Hauenstein at the University of Michigan, Jean Pierre Rampal at the Académie Internationale in Nice, France, and Julius Baker at the Juilliard School. Previous to the Utah Symphony, Graf performed with the New York Philharmonic, the New Jersey Symphony, and the Royal Ballet Orchestra, among others.
Concerts Atlantique Competition, Semi-finalist
I have have appeared as soloist with the Utah Symphony, the Ann Arbor Symphony, various Utah ensembles (also as conductor), and with the Arkansas Symphony under Robert Henderson. I have performed chamber music with Columbia University's Group for Contemporary Music, the Guarneri String Quartet, the Aeolian Chamber Players and at Avery Fischer Hall and Carnegie Hall with Julius Baker and Jean Pierre Rampal and in Utah with James Galway.
I have coached and given master classes in Arkansas, California, Idaho, Illinois, Kansas, Maine, Missouri, New Mexico, Nevada, Oklahoma and Utah. My past academic teaching affiliations have included Bowdoin College, CW Post College, University of Utah and Brigham Young University. My outside interests include physical fitness, cooking, and writing. I am a published writer and served as President of Local 104, American Federation of Musicians from 1993-2010. My discography includes a music video and 3 CDs.
Classical French/American-based training embraced by many American flute pedagogues
Well-rounded lessons with diverse literature and more playing and demonstrating than talking.
Erich is a very nice person, and he has a lot of patient to teach and explain my daughter step by step with her flute lesson. My daughter is improving a lot.