Instructor: Erik Franklin

Erik Franklin
Biography: Staff Sergeant Erik Franklin is a member of the U.S. Army Field Band, the musical ambassadors of the Army. Prior to joining the Field Band in 2016, Erik held positions with the Terre Haute Symphony Orchestra and the Columbus Indiana Philharmonic. He also served as interim Instructor of Woodwinds/Music History at the SC Governor's School for the Arts and Humanities. He is the founder of the Novacane Quartet, an award-winning group discovering new avenues for art music in America. Every summer, he hosts the Indiana Clarinet Experience-a weeklong music camp in Brown County, Indiana. A South Carolina native, Erik earned a BM in clarinet from Furman University and MM in clarinet from Indiana University's Jacobs School of Music, studying with Howard Klug.

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