Eric Butler is currently an undergraduate student at the Eastman School of Music where he studies with Professor Michael Wayne. Eric has attended programs including the Round Top Festival Institute, Boston University Tanglewood Institute, Brevard Music Center and the Pacific Crest Music Festival. Prior to Eastman, Eric studied with Steve Cohen, professor of clarinet at Northwestern University and participated in the Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra and the Midwest Young Artists Conservatory. Eric has received numerous chamber music accolades including the Eastman Honors Chamber Group and the first prize in the Discover Chamber Music Competition. He has been a featured soloist with the Lake Forest Civic Orchestra and the Pacific Crest Festival Orchestra in Dunsmuir, California.