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Dr. Erin Aldridge Download Erin's VCard
Orchestra, Violin
ph. 715-394-8287
office. HFAC 1110

Erin Aldridge has won numerous awards as both soloist and chamber musician and has been featured throughout Europe, South America, and the United States. She was a featured soloist at the John Downey Festival in London, performing the world premiere of his Irish Violin Sonata. In Solonsa, Spain she was a guest soloist and chamber musician at the AIMS festival. She has also performed numerous concerts throughout Uruguay as well as throughout the United States with the Dorothea Trio. She is a well sought after performer and pedagogue, and has been published in Strings Magazine.

Dr. Aldridge maintains an active performance schedule as a soloist and chamber musician. She has been a soloist with the Duluth Superior Symphony Orchestra, the Lake Superior Chamber Orchestra, and the Itasca Symphony Orchestra. She has been a guest artist at Arizona State University, DePaul University Contemporary Concert Series, Madeline Island Music Camp, Ashland Chamber Music Series with Trillium Piano Trio, National String Workshop, "Live at the Chazen" Concert Series, and has been broadcast on the BBC and Wisconsin Public Radio.

In the Twin Ports area, Dr. Aldridge has received recognition as a prominent artist. In the spring of 2005, she was named concertmaster of the Duluth Superior Symphony Orchestra. She was also selected for the "20 under 40" award by the Duluth News Tribune in the fall of 2007, an honor given to 20 professionals who are successful in their chosen fields and role models in the community.

As a conductor, she has directed many ensembles around the state and has been the guest clinician for the UW-Milwaukee High School Honors Orchestra in 2007 and 2008. Under her direction, the University of Wisconsin-Superior Chamber Orchestra has developed a reputation for innovative programming specializing in performance of both traditional and new compositions. The Chamber Orchestra was featured in concert at the 2007 Wisconsin State Music Educators State Conference. In 2005 they presented a concert tour in Brazil and in the spring of 2008 they embarked on a concert tour of China.

Dr. Aldridge attended Indiana University where she received her Bachelor's degree in Violin Performance. She received her Master's degree and Performer's Certificate in Chamber Music Performance from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and was a member of the Leonard Sorkin Institute of Chamber Music under the direction of the Fine Arts Quartet. She continued her studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison where she received her Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Violin Performance. Her primary teachers included Mimi Zweig, Josef Gingold, Nellie Shkolnikova, Rostaslav Dubinsky, Efim Boico, and Vartan Manoogian. Her conducting instructors included Margery Deutsch and David Becker.

In 2003, Dr. Aldridge joined the music faculty at the University of Wisconsin-Superior. She serves as Assistant Professor of Violin, Director of Orchestras, and is a member of the faculty piano trio Trillium.

This past summer Dr. Aldridge directed the Lake Superior Chamber Orchestra with UW-Superior Quartet Project, and performed Ysaÿe's Six Sonatas for Unaccompanied Violin at the Indiana University Summer Music Festival. She also was a guest teacher and lecturer for the acclaimed String Academy directed by Mimi Zweig also Indiana University.

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UW-Superior Schedule of Classes for Aldridge, Erin R
Fall Semester 2010

Note: Class Schedule information reflects data as of 7/29/10 11:45 AM.

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Class Nbr.Catalog Nbr.Course Title/Course TopicsClass Sect.CreditsBldg.RoomDaysTimeSeats Open
Interdisplinary StudiesTop of Page
2737IDS 108First-Yr Sem.FA/Crit Appreciat
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Course cannot be taken Pass/Fail
0013.00 FA1124MWF2:00PM- 2:50PM1 of 15
Instructor Consent Required
MusicTop of Page
2072MUSI 106String Ensemble
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Course cannot be taken Pass/Fail
0010.00 - 1.00 ARR10 of 10
Admission By Audition
2084MUSI 114University Orchestra
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Course cannot be taken Pass/Fail
0010.00 - 1.00 MW4:00PM- 5:50PM32 of 45
Admission By Audition. Ensemble will meet in Thorpe Langley Auditorium.
2094MUSI 132Applied Music-Violin
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Course cannot be taken Pass/Fail
0011.00 - 2.00 ARR6 of 10
Instructor Consent Required
Music Lab Fees: Music Majors-none. Music Majors beyond degree requirements-$100 per credit; Music Minors-$100 per credit; Non Music-$200 per credit; Non Music participating in a major ensemble-$100 per credit.
2114MUSI 150Concert/Recital Class
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Course must be taken Pass/Fail
0010.00 FA2141F11:00AM- 11:50AM10 of 70
Required of All Music Majors and Minors
2422MUSI 155String Repertory/Pedagogy
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Course cannot be taken Pass/Fail
0011.00 ARR10 of 10
Instructor Consent Required
2308MUSI 232Applied Music-Violin
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Course cannot be taken Pass/Fail
0014.00 ARR30 of 30
Instructor Consent Required
Music Lab Fees: Music Majors-none. Open to performance majors only.
2148MUSI 306String Ensemble
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Course cannot be taken Pass/Fail
0010.00 - 1.00 ARR10 of 10
Admission By Audition
2178MUSI 314University Orchestra
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Course cannot be taken Pass/Fail
0010.00 - 1.00 MW4:00PM- 5:50PM24 of 25
Admission By Audition
2218MUSI 332Applied Music-Violin
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Course cannot be taken Pass/Fail
0011.00 - 2.00 ARR5 of 5
Instructor Consent Required
Music Lab Fees: Music Majors-none. Music Majors beyond degree requirements-$100 per credit; Music Minors-$100 per credit; Non Music-$200 per credit; Non Music participating in a major ensemble-$100 per credit.
2432MUSI 355String Repertory/Pedagogy
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Course cannot be taken Pass/Fail
0011.00 ARR10 of 10
Instructor Consent Required
2394MUSI 395Half Recital
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Course cannot be taken Pass/Fail
0021.00 ARR15 of 15
Instructor Consent Required
2348MUSI 432Applied Music-Violin
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Course cannot be taken Pass/Fail
0014.00 ARR30 of 30
Instructor Consent Required
Music Lab Fees: Music Majors-none. Open to performance majors only.
3082MUSI 482Conducting Practicum
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Course cannot be taken Pass/Fail
0031.00 ARR4 of 5
Prerequisite: MUSI 381.
2450MUSI 495Full Recital
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Course cannot be taken Pass/Fail
0052.00 ARR8 of 8
Instructor Consent Required

Note: Class Schedule information reflects data as of 7/29/10 11:45 AM.

UW-Superior Schedule of Classes for Aldridge, Erin R
Spring Semester 2010

Note: Class Schedule information reflects data as of 7/29/10 11:45 AM.

Class Nbr.Catalog Nbr.Course Title/Course TopicsClass Sect.CreditsBldg.RoomDaysTimeSeats Open
MusicTop of Page
6747MUSI 106String Ensemble
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Admission by Audition
0010.00 - 1.00 ARR10 of 10
6765MUSI 114University Orchestra
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Open to All Students By Audition
0010.00 - 1.00 FA2133M5:00PM- 6:50PM12 of 35
FA2133W5:00PM-6:30PM
6777MUSI 132Applied Music-Violin
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Instructor Consent Required
0011.00 - 2.00 ARR2 of 10
Music Lab Fees: Music Majors-none. Music Majors beyond degree requirements-$100 per credit; Music Minors-$100 per credit; Non Music-$200 per credit; Non Music participating in a major ensemble-$100 per credit.
6795MUSI 150Concert/Recital Class
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Course must be taken Pass/Fail
0010.00 FA2141F11:00AM- 11:50AM11 of 75
Required/All Music Majors & Minors
6801MUSI 155String Repertory/Pedagogy
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0011.00 ARR10 of 10
7007MUSI 232Applied Music-Violin
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Instructor Consent Required
0014.00 ARR30 of 30
Music Lab Fees: Music Majors-none. Music Majors beyond degree requirements-$100 per credit; Music Minors-$100 per credit; Non Music-$200 per credit; Non Music participating in a major ensemble-$100 per credit.
6827MUSI 272Advanced Ear Training
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Pre-req: MUSI 271
0011.00 FA1181TTh10:00AM- 10:50AM17 of 30
6833MUSI 306String Ensemble
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Instructor Consent Required
0010.00 - 1.00 ARR8 of 10
6867MUSI 314University Orchestra
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Open to All Students by Audition
0010.00 - 1.00 FA2133M5:00PM- 6:50PM23 of 30
FA2133W5:00PM-6:30PM
6907MUSI 332Applied Music-Violin
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Instructor Consent Required
0011.00 - 2.00 ARR8 of 10
Music Lab Fees: Music Majors-none. Music Majors beyond degree requirements-$100 per credit; Music Minors-$100 per credit; Non Music-$200 per credit; Non Music participating in a major ensemble-$100 per credit.
6943MUSI 355String Repertory/Pedagogy
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0011.00 ARR10 of 10
7087MUSI 395Half Recital
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0021.00 ARR15 of 15
7047MUSI 432Applied Music-Violin
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Instructor Consent Required
0014.00 ARR30 of 30
Music Lab Fees: Music Majors-none. Music Majors beyond degree requirements-$100 per credit; Music Minors-$100 per credit; Non Music-$200 per credit; Non Music participating in a major ensemble-$100 per credit.
7099MUSI 495Full Recital
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Instructor Consent Required
0022.00 ARR7 of 8

Note: Class Schedule information reflects data as of 7/29/10 11:45 AM.

UW-Superior Schedule of Classes for Aldridge, Erin R

Note: Class Schedule information reflects data as of 7/29/10 11:45 AM.

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