Eric Fried
Eric
Fried, Associate Professor of Music and Assistant to the
Director of the School of Music at Texas Tech University,
earned music degrees from Indiana University, the University
of Denver, and the University of Arizona.
He currently serves as Assistant Concertmaster of the
Lubbock Symphony Orchestra and served for fifteen years as
music director/conductor of the Lubbock Youth Symphony
Orchestra. Prior to coming to Texas Tech, he served as
orchestra director and professor of violin on the music
faculties of Oklahoma State University and Hendrix College
(AR). During the
summers of 1997 and 1998 he was assistant concertmaster of
the Classical Music Festival Orchestra based in the Schloss
Esterhazy in Eisenstadt, Austria, and performing in numerous
locations throughout Austria and Hungary.
He also has served as concertmaster of the Arkansas
Symphony Chamber Orchestra, the Little Rock Chamber
Orchestra, and the Arkansas Ballet and Opera orchestras. He
was president-elect of the Oklahoma String Teachers
Association immediately before accepting his position at
Texas Tech. In addition, he has served as
conductor/clinician in numerous places throughout the
country. He currently serves as Chair of the Texas Division
of the American String Teachers Association National Solo
Competition, a position he has held since 2006.
During spring semester of 2007 and the summers of
2010 and 2011, he served as music professor at the Texas
Tech University Center in Seville, Spain.
He will continue in that position during the summer
of 2012.
Dr. Fried has published articles in American String Teacher,
California Music Educator, College Music Society South Central
Music Bulletin, and Upbeat
(publication of the American Symphony Orchestra League).
To contact Eric Fried,
email eric.fried@ttu.edu