Eric Mazonson received his Bachelor and master of Music degrees from Boston University, where he studied piano with Anthony di Bonaventura, and was studio accompanist for violist Walter Trampler and cellist Leslie Parnas, both founding members of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. His wide-ranging repertoire has been heard in many solo, chamber music, and vocal recitals in the United States, Canada and Europe. Eric was a member of the United States Military Academy Band at West Point from 1979 to 1982, where he founded the Olympus Chamber Players, a piano-woodwind sextet that performed throughout the Northeast. He was affiliated with Bradford College for a number of years, where he taught piano, accompanied the chorus and helped to arrange scores for musical theater productions. In 2003, Eric performed at Jordan hall during its centennial celebration. He accompanied the Brandeis University Chorus for several years, and has been a faculty member of Roger Williams University, the University of Rhode Island and Providence College. He has performed as soloist with a number of orchestras, and will be performing Mendelssohn's Piano Concerto in D Minor with the Rhode Island Philharmonic Community Orchestra next spring. Eric currently is a faculty member of the Rhode Island Philharmonic Music School and Framingham State University, and is music director of Fisk Memorial United Methodist Church in Natick.
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