Eric Houghton has been an Artist Faculty member at Westminster Conservatory of Music of Rider University, Princeton, NJ since 1984.  His teaching style is diverse and the repertoire he uses is wide-ranging, incorporating all the classical genre, as well as jazz and ragtime styles, and many of his own compositions as well.

As a performer, Eric has given over 50 recitals throughout the eastern United States, including solo concerts at Weill Hall in New York and Sheldon Hall in St. Louis, Missouri.  His compositions have been widely performed in concert halls and churches, including orchestral performances of his monumental Pioneer Songs at the Trenton War Memorial in New Jersey.  This spring, Eric’s Five Songs of Life and Death will be debuted with the University of Missouri, St. Louis Orchestra, with Mary Dunleavy soprano soloist.  On June 1^st, Eric will perform a recital of his own music on the campus of Westminster Choir College in Princeton, NJ.

Much of his music is published and available at artofsoundmusic.com