MMTA Executive Secretary

Dr. Erica Manzo is MMTA's Executive Secretary.

Erica is an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Music at the University of Missouri-Columbia. Her teaching duties at MU include music theory and ear training courses, clarinet methods, and applied clarinet. She is also Coordinator of the Community Music Program.

She holds a Bachelor of Music degree in Music Theory from Baylor University, a Master of Music degree in Music Theory from the University of Texas at Austin, and a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Clarinet Performance from the University of Texas at Austin. Her principal clarinet teachers were Bil Jackson, Richard MacDowell, and Richard Shanley. She has also participated in masterclasses with Andrew Crisante, F. Gerard Errante, Loren Kitt, and Robert Spring.

Erica has performed with the Acadian Wind Symphony, Peter Cetera Orchestra, University of Oklahoma Clarinet Symposium Clarinet Choir, and the International Clarinet Association Clarinet Choir. She is a clarinetist with Missouri Symphony Orchestra and is on the substitute list with the Kansas City Symphony. In 2006 she was a guest lecturer at the College Music Society's Great Plains Chapter Annual Conference.

Besides serving as a clinician, adjudicator, and a recitalist, Erica also maintains a large, private clarinet studio in the Columbia area. Her high school students hold positions in the top five chairs of the Missouri All-State Band and go on to study music full time at the university level.

Contact Information:

Dr. Erica Manzo
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Music
Coordinator, Community Music Program
266 Fine Arts Building
University of Missouri-Columbia
Columbia, MO 65211
Phone: (573) 882-0934
fax: (573) 884-7444
Email: manzoe @ missouri.edu