Erica Neidlinger

About Erica

Dr. Erica J. Neidlinger is the wind conductor at the DePaul University School of Music in Chicago. Additional responsibilities include teaching conducting and wind history/repertoire courses as well as instrumental music education courses. Dr. Neidlinger’s conducting experiences are broad, ranging from chamber ensembles, contemporary ensembles, symphonic bands, and wind ensembles. She has worked with some of the finest musicians in Chicago as featured artists with the DePaul ensembles. Internationally, Dr. Neidlinger has been featured as a guest conductor/clinician in Riga, Latvia and Moscow, Russia and has traveled to Singapore and Canada as an ensemble adjudicator/clinician. International presentations include the World Association for Symphonic Bands and Ensembles and the Midwest International Band and Orchestra Clinic. She has conducted numerous honor bands and presented at many conferences across the United States, while also maintaining a highly active schedule as a clinician for ensembles visiting Chicago. As a guest for multiple conducting workshops her expertise in Laban’s Effort Shape Theory has aided in the expressive development of conductors.

Dr. Neidlinger is a Past President of the North Central Division of the College Band Directors National Association (CBDNA). Before her position at DePaul, Dr. Neidlinger served on the faculty of the University of Nebraska at Omaha, where she conducted university concert ensembles and directed the marching band. During this time, she was also conductor of the Nebraska Wind Symphony. She held a similar role at The Ohio State University as assistant director of the marching band and member of the music education faculty. Dr. Neidlinger completed her doctoral degree at the University of Minnesota under the supervision of Professor Craig Kirchhoff.