Erin Gilliland

Part-Time Faculty
Office: Battelle 213
Contact: Conni Birri at cbirri@otterbein.edu or 614-823-1508

Teaching areas: Chamber Music and Violin.

Erin Gilliland, violin, performs frequently with the Columbus Symphony Orchestra as an associate violinist. She has also served as Principal Second Violin of the Sarasota Opera Orchestra and Assistant Concertmaster of the Wheeling Symphony Orchestra. Along with her duties as Adjunct Violin Instructor at Otterbein College, she serves as Concertmaster of the Westerville Symphony Orchestra, where she has appeared as violin soloist in Vivaldi's Winter and Bruch's G minor Violin Concerto. In the ‘08/'09 season, Erin will perform the Marc O'Connor Fiddle Concerto.

Erin completed her BM at the Ohio State University under the instruction of Michael Davis, and her MM and DM studies at the Florida State University under Karen Clarke. Erin remains actively involved in chamber music, with recent performances including the Messiaen Quartet for the End of Time, Brahms Piano Quintet, the Ravel Piano Trio, and a recital of contemporary Estonian music. She has performed in many festivals and orchestras, and has enjoyed playing outside of the United States with the Robert Shaw Choral Festival Orchestra in France, and more recently with La Chapelle de Montréal, a chamber orchestra in Québec Canada under the baton of Yannick Nezet-Sequin.

With her interests outside of the "Classical" genre, Erin is also involved with groups that play alternative styles such as Latin, Jazz, and Rock. These groups include Stan Smith's Madrugada, and Paul Brown's Science Gravy Orchestra, and her involvement with them includes studio recording work, as well as public performance as a soloist. Along with these pursuits, Erin recently served as Concertmaster for the First National Tour of the Broadway Show Dirty Rotten Scoundrels.