Eric Platz (born March 3, 1973 in Cumberland,

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) is a drummer, percussionist, and educator. Since the late 1990s, Platz has maintained an active performing career across North America, touring with artists of many different backgrounds. Platz performs in many styles and genres including, but not limited to: jazz, americana, world music, rock, and classical. Among other ensembles, Platz is currently a member of Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter Carrie Rodriguez’s band, as well as world music ensemble Asefa. In addition to many tours and radio appearances with Rodriguez's band, Platz has had a number of television appearances, including an appearance on PBS's Austin City Limits. A number of his bands have been praised in

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, Time Out, and the

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. Throughout the course of his career, Platz has co-led two improvised music trios, FourMinusOne and Fat Little Bastard. Over the course of his career, Platz has played with Lucinda Williams, Bill Frisell, Joe Lovano, John Mark Baron, Josh Winestock, Greg Gatien and

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, among many others. Platz holds an MMus in Jazz Performance from the

New England Conservatory The New England Conservatory of Music (NEC) is a private music school in Boston, Massachusetts. It is the oldest independent music conservatory in the United States and among the most prestigious in the world. The conservatory is located on Hu ...

and an ScB degree in Materials Science from

Brown University Brown University is a private research university in Providence, Rhode Island. Brown is the seventh-oldest institution of higher education in the United States, founded in 1764 as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providenc ...

. Currently residing in

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, Canada, Platz is an assistant professor at

Brandon University Brandon University is a university located in the city of Brandon, Manitoba, Canada, with an enrollment of 3375 (2020) full-time and part-time undergraduate and graduate students. The current location was founded on July 13, 1899, as Brandon Co ...

where he teaches applied drumset and jazz ensembles, among other jazz studies and world music courses. Eric is an endorsing artist for Vic Firth Drumsticks.

Selected discography

* Richard Gillis/Bjorn Thoroddsen: ''Morgana’s Revenge'' (Independent Release, 2012) * Asefa: ''Resonance'' (Bended Ear Records, Brooklyn, NY, 2011) *

Carrie Rodriguez Carrie Luz Rodriguez (born July 31, 1978) is an American singer-songwriter and the daughter of Texan singer-songwriter David Rodriguez and Texas painter Katy Nail, and is the granddaughter of prolific Texas essayist Frances Nail. She sings and ...

: ''Love and Circumstance'' (Ninth Street Opus, Berkeley, CA, 2010) *

: ''She Ain’t Me'' (EMI/Blue Note Record Group, NY, NY, 2008) * Mark Erelli: ''Delivered'' (Signature Sounds, Whately, MA, 2008) * Rachael Davis: ''Antebellum Queens'' (Fox on a Hill Records, Petosky, MI, 2008) * Jenny Goodspeed: Under The Ash Tree (Independent Release, Ashfield, MA, 2008) *

Adrienne Young Adrienne Adeana Young is an American Charlottesville, Virginia-based singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. She is founder and operator of AddieBelle Music which produces her recordings. History A native of Tallahassee, Florida, in ...

: ''Room To Grow'' (RykoDisc/AddieBelle Records, Nashville, TN, 2007) * Joe Parillo Trio with Jay Hoggard: ''Segments'' (Neoga Records, North Kingston, RI, 2007) * Heather and the Barbarians: ''Tell Me Tonight'' (Independent Release, Brooklyn, NY, 2007) * Andreea Pauta: ''Autumn'' (Independent Release, Boston, MA, 2007) *

Jake Armerding Jake Armerding is an American folk musician and multi-instrumentalist from Boston, Massachusetts. He plays mostly acoustic string instruments like the mandolin, acoustic guitar, and fiddle. In 1990, Jake began playing with Northern Lights occasi ...

: ''Walking on the World'' (Compass Records, Nashville, TN, 2007) *

Laura Cortese Laura Cortese is an American singer, songwriter, and fiddler. She was born in San Francisco and attended Berklee College of Music in Boston. She currently resides in Belgium. Cortese regularly performs solo, but usually with her band Laura Cort ...

: ''Even The Lost Creek'' (Independent Release, Boston, MA, 2006) * Carrie Cheron: ''One More Autumn'' (Riparius Records, Charlottlesville, VA, 2006) * Fat Little Bastard: ''Idiosyncphony'' (Independent Release, Boston, MA, 2005) * Jeremiah McLane: ''Freetown'' (Floating Bridge Music, Sharon, VT, 2005) * Asefa: ''Asefa'' (Bended Ear, Brooklyn, NY, 2005) * Ro’I Raz: ''Between The Suns'' (Sachimay Records, Easton, PA, 2003) * Fat Little Bastard: ''An Illustrated History'' (Independent Release, Boston, MA, 2002) * FourMinusOne: ''Split Decision'' (Independent Release, Boston, MA, 2002) * Okkyoung Lee: ''Cello Music'' (Janice Records, New York, NY, 2000) * Trikona; ''Trikona'' (Riparius Records, Charlottlesville, VA, 2000) * FourMinusOne: ''At Any Given Moment'' (Independent Release, Boston, MA, 1999)

References

External links

Official website

Brandon University webpage

Carrie Rodriguez

Vic Firth Artists
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