Eric Willie serves as Associate Professor of Percussion at Tennessee Tech University.  In addition, Eric regularly performs with the Nief-Norf New Music Ensemble and the Eclectic Chamber Players, and has performed with the Nashville Symphony, Nashville Ballet, Lexington Philharmonic, and Beloit/Janesville Symphony. He has been featured at several Percussive Arts Society International Conventions, the Florida Electroacoustic Music Festival, and the Bands of America National Percussion Festival.   As a clinician, Eric has appeared at the 2007 Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic in Chicago, IL, as well as several state music educator conferences. His educational articles have appeared in The Instrumentalist and Percussive Notes, and he has contributed educational resources to Innovative Percussion Inc., Sabian Cymbals, Evans Drumheads, and Black Swamp Percussion. Eric holds the Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of North Texas, a Masters of Music from the University of Kentucky, and a BS in Music Education from Austin Peay State University.