Erich Heckscher, bassoonist
Erich Heckscher is currently Principal Bassoon with the National Philharmonic Orchestra. For the 2011-2012 season he served as Acting Second Bassoon with the National Symphony Orchestra, including a South American tour. He was previously Principal Bassoon with the Houston Grand Opera Orchestra and Second Bassoon with the Houston Ballet and Alabama Symphony Orchestras, and served as guest Principal Bassoon with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra in 2000. He has also performed with the Dallas Symphony, the Charleston Symphony, the Atlanta Opera, the Tulsa Opera and the Des Moines Metro Opera orchestras. Erich holds degrees from the Eastman School of Music, where he studied with K. David Van Hoesen and John Hunt, and Southern Methodist University, where he studied with Wilfred Roberts. He is also Principal Bassoon of the Britt Festival Orchestra in Jacksonville, OR, and has participated in festivals in Breckenridge, Chautauqua, Durango and Sarasota.
Erich is Adjunct Professor of Bassoon at the University of Maryland and the woodwind sectional coach for the Maryland Classic Youth Orchestras. From 1998-2000, he was Adjunct Professor of Bassoon at Texas A&M University Commerce.
Erich Heckscher is currently Principal Bassoon with the National Philharmonic Orchestra. For the 2011-2012 season he served as Acting Second Bassoon with the National Symphony Orchestra, including a South American tour. He was previously Principal Bassoon with the Houston Grand Opera Orchestra and Second Bassoon with the Houston Ballet and Alabama Symphony Orchestras, and served as guest Principal Bassoon with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra in 2000. He has also performed with the Dallas Symphony, the Charleston Symphony, the Atlanta Opera, the Tulsa Opera and the Des Moines Metro Opera orchestras. Erich holds degrees from the Eastman School of Music, where he studied with K. David Van Hoesen and John Hunt, and Southern Methodist University, where he studied with Wilfred Roberts. He is also Principal Bassoon of the Britt Festival Orchestra in Jacksonville, OR, and has participated in festivals in Breckenridge, Chautauqua, Durango and Sarasota.
Erich is Adjunct Professor of Bassoon at the University of Maryland and the woodwind sectional coach for the Maryland Classic Youth Orchestras. From 1998-2000, he was Adjunct Professor of Bassoon at Texas A&M University Commerce.
