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Michael Hill, Executive Director
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​Erik Wheeler, Cello


Houston-born cellist Erik Wheeler began his musical studies with Diane Bonds at the age of five. He has also studied with Steve Laven, Lynn Harrell and Brinton Smith, and with Desmond Hoebig at Rice University, where he earned his undergraduate degree, and at The Juilliard School with cellist Richard Aaron. While at Rice, he performed Tchaikovsky’s Rococo Variations with the Shepherd School Chamber Orchestra as the winner of the school’s concerto competition, and served as principal cellist for the Shepherd School Symphony Orchestra. He has performed chamber music alongside world-renowned artists including Jon Kimura Parker, Philip Setzer, Lawrence Dutton, Timothy Eddy, Kim Kashkashian, Susan Starr and Charles Wetherbee, and has appeared as a soloist with numerous orchestras including the Houston Symphony. Wheeler’s parents are both musicians, and his father Lawrence was Co-Principal Violist of the Minnesota Orchestra in the 1970s.
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  • Home
  • Holiday Gift
  • Education
    • Musical Story Time, "Teddy Bear Series"
    • Discovery of Strings and Harp
    • Children's Family Concert
    • Mindful Musical Moments
    • Celebration of Strings
    • Masterclass 2021
  • Gallery
    • Photos
    • Media Coverage
      • Folk songs, surprises highlight Classical Concert Series
      • NEA Artworks Grant 2018
      • Black Hills Pioneer Press-January 9, 2015
      • Orlando Sentinel-February 4, 2015
      • Black Hills Pioneer Press-May 13, 2015
      • Rapid City Journal-May 21, 2015
  • Projects
    • Riders on the Storm
    • We Are One-Mitakuye Oyasin
    • The Gingerbread Man, Lost in the Black Hills
    • Wilbur, King of the Prairie
  • About
    • Mission
    • Awards
    • Musicians
      • Dawn Edwards, Harp
      • Sarah Grimes, Violin
      • Eunice Kim, Violin
      • Justin Bruns, Violin
      • Hyobi Sim, Viola
      • David Auerbach, Viola
      • Jonah Kim
      • Si-Yan Darren Li
      • Michael Hill, Double Bass
      • Alan Morrison, Piano/Organ
      • Robert Koenig, Piano
      • Dr. Nora Lee Garcia, Flute
    • Board of Directors
    • Executive Director
    • Artistic Director
    • Lakota Advisors
  • Support
  • Contact