Educator

1980 – Present Eric Bolvin Music Studios, San Jose CA

• Private instructor on trumpet and brasses at Music Village, San Jose, CA
• Director Eric Bolvin Summer Jazz Workshop
• Private and group lessons in jazz improvisation
• Trumpet, improvisation and big band director, Jazz Goes To College San Jose Jazz Society
• Creator of “The Really Big Student Songbook”
• Designer of the EBVM* line of trumpet mouthpieces
• Endorsing Artist / Clinician for Conn-Selmer

1984-2000 Union School District, Cambrian School District, San Jose CA

• Director of elementary and middle school music program
• Implemented and maintained district wide music program
• Recruitment of students into music program

1984-1990 Orchard School District San Jose CA

• Director of elementary and middle school music program
• Implemented and maintained district wide music program
• Recruitment of students into music program

1995-Present Santa Clara Unified School District Santa Clara CA

• Trumpet and low brass teacher, Buchser and Peterson Middle Schools
• Guest brass clinician for Buchser and Peterson Middle Schools

2003 Alta Vista School, Union School District

• Director of elementary band program

Professional Experience

1982-present   Leader and Originator of The Eric Bolvin Group and Eric Bolvin’s Quorum San Francisco Bay Area

• Recorded three album projects
• Performed at many jazz venues
• Performed at the San Jose Jazz Festival and the Pacific Coast Collegiate  Jazz Festival

1982-present   Studio Musician and arranger    San Francisco Bay Area

• Performed and arranged music for numerous studio recordings, including album projects, soundtracks, and television and radio commercials
• Arranged, produced and recorded Koala Springs jingle,1984
• Arranged, co-composed and recorded “Ticket To Travel” theme, USA Cable network
• Trumpet soloist Electronic Arts video games. “John Madden Football” and “Tiger Woods- PGA Tour”.

1975-present   Performer     San Francisco Bay Area

• Performed many styles of music, including jazz, classical, rock, Latin, Asian, country- western in concert and club settings throughout the west coast.
• Portland Blues Festival 1996
• Briefcase Blues Band, MGM Grand, High Sierra, Reno Hilton 1987-1988
• San Jose Civic Light Opera 1983-1984
• Worked as a freelance musician for many bands, agents and contractors in Northern California

Education

San Jose State University (1980-1984)

• BA degree in Music Theory/Performance with distinction
• Composer in residence scholarship 1983
• San Jose Civic Light Opera scholarship 1984
• Outstanding composer and soloist, Pacific Coast Collegiate Jazz Festival 1983

Private Studies

• 1978-1985 Claude Gordon, trumpet
• 1981-1983 Greg Yasinitsky, composition
• 1984-1985 Randy Masters, composition
• 1984-1985 David Burkhart, trumpet

Memberships

• 1984-present American Society Of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP)
• 1998-present International Trumpet Guild (ITG)
• 2000-present International Association of Jazz Educators (IAJE)