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Eric Halvorson
He has performed for the Kennedy Center Honors in 2008 and 2010 and at numerous festivals including the Monterey Jazz Festival, Montreal Jazz Festival, Norwich Music Festival (UK), Silda Jazz (Norway), Radio Classica (Chile), Cork Jazz Festival (Ireland), Festival de Jazz (Colombia), Kaunas Jazz Festival (Lithuania), and the Iowa City Jazz Festival.
He is in demand on Broadway and was the drummer for the 2015 revival of Gigi. He has played in the orchestras of Wicked, Pippin, On the Town, West Side Story, Sister Act, How to Succeed in Business, Priscilla Queen of the Desert, Mary Poppins, Cinderella, Shrek, Xanadu, and many others. He played the Los Angeles production of Follies in 2012. He is sought after by a variety of performers because of his rock and pop sensibilities.
As co-leader of the band (718), Eric recorded/engineered their debut release Sputnik at his studio in Brooklyn. They are currently working on their second CD.
Eric is proud to endorse Paiste cymbals.
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