Eric Starr

Eric Starr maintains a diverse career as faculty member at SDSU, trombonist for Westwind Brass, and an active performer. At SDSU, he serves as Studio Artist Teacher of Trombone and Euphonium, Director of Brass Chamber Music, co-director of the Experimental Music Ensemble, Brass Coordinator, Program Advisor for the Music, Entrepreneurship and Business degree, and Head Coach for SDSU Cycling. He was named “Most Influential Faculty” in 2025, 2023, and 2018. Dubbed a “trombone champion” with “stunning style” (San Diego Union-Tribune), Starr has performed as a soloist and chamber musician at Copley Symphony Hall, Spreckels Organ Pavilion, San Diego Museum of Art, Athenaeum Music and Arts Library, and with ensembles including the San Diego Symphony, Pacific Symphony, Sigur Rós, and Broadway San Diego. Starr is a board member for The Music Company, Hausmann Quartet Foundation, and San Diego New Music, where he serves as Director of the Emerging Composers Project. He is also Creative Director of Sounds and Swells for Art of Elan. Starr earned a B.M. from the University of Southern California, an M.M. and A.D. from the Cleveland Institute of Music and a D.M.A. from Stony Brook University.