Composer-pianist Eric McElroy has appeared in recital across North America and Europe. A prolific composer, his works have been performed in Germany, Austria, Spain, the United Kingdom and the United States. McElroy’s debut album, Tongues of Fire (SOMM Recordings), featuring his own song cycles as performed by himself and tenor James Gilchrist, was released to international critical acclaim in 2023.
The brother of American flautist Colleen McElroy, he studied with Maria Sier, and received his Bachelor’s degree with Gerald Berthiaume from Washington State University, undertaking additional studies with Jeffrey Gilliam at Western Washington University. In 2014 he moved to Vienna where he obtained his Master’s degree in piano under Klaus Sticken at the Musik und Kunst Privatuniversität der Stadt Wien, and in 2017 completed his postgraduate diploma at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire under Mark Bebbington and Margaret Fingerhut. He graduated with a doctorate in musicology under the supervision of Daniel Grimley in 2023 at the University of Oxford and is now based in London.
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