Rick Erickson is the Director of Bach Society Houston and Cantor Emeritus at Christ the King Lutheran Church. He is also an Instructor in music at the Shepherd School of Music, Rice University.
A native of Wisconsin, Rick holds degrees from the University of Wisconsin-Superior, from which he also received the Distinguished Alumnus Award in 2009, the Master of Music Degree in Organ Performance and Literature, and the Performer’s Certificate from the Eastman School of Music, where he also served for four years on the faculty of Improvfest.
Rick has appeared as a conductor, church music lecturer, and hymn festival leader throughout the United States, and in Germany, Sweden, Australia, and New Zealand. He has performed for conventions of the American Guild of Organists and the Association of Lutheran Church Musicians, among other music events. He has recorded for Naxos, JV Recordings, and Media 1517.
Prior to coming to Houston, Rick served for 22 years as Director of the celebrated Bach Vespers series in New York.
