{"id":3565,"date":"2012-04-17T10:41:10","date_gmt":"2012-04-17T09:41:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/?p=3565"},"modified":"2012-04-17T11:42:31","modified_gmt":"2012-04-17T10:42:31","slug":"scholars-spotlight-eric-mactaggart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/2012\/04\/17\/scholars-spotlight-eric-mactaggart\/","title":{"rendered":"Scholars Spotlight: Eric MacTaggart"},"content":{"rendered":"

Continuing the new feature, profiling this year’s new crop of University Music Scholars: this week, trombonist Eric MacTaggart.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\"\"As an undergraduate, I studied music education and music performance at the University of Iowa, where I played in various jazz bands, concert bands, and orchestras. After graduating from Iowa, I was a band director in Idaho for two years and was able to perform in a ska band and the Idaho Falls Symphony Orchestra.<\/p>\n

I came to the University of Kent for the Philosophy of Art and Aesthetics Masters program, but was excited to find an active Music Society on campus where I could continue to stay active in music.<\/p>\n

It is great to keep up with my playing in the various bands and orchestra here and I am looking forward to performing in the Canterbury Cathedral and taking trombone lessons with renowned musicians in London.<\/p>\n