Eric Carraway is an educator, arranger, and percussionist who resides
in San Antonio, Texas.
He currently serves as Associate Director of Bands and Percussion
Specialist at William
H. Taft
High School. His duties include conducting the Symphonic
Band, assisting with the jazz program, as well as overseeing all aspects of the
45+ member percussion program. Mr.
Carraway also teaches the beginning percussion class at Briscoe Middle School. In addition to being a perennial Sweepstakes
program, the Taft Raider Band has advanced to the UIL 5A State Marching Contest
two of the last three 5A state seasons.
The Taft indoor drumline has also enjoyed success as an Open Class competitor
in both the TCGC and TECA circuits. Mr.
Carraway’s concert percussion ensembles and soloists have consistently advanced
to the Texas State Solo and Ensemble competition and received superior ratings.
Prior to his appointment at Taft, Mr. Carraway was the Assistant Band
Director and Percussion Specialist at W. Charles Akins High School in Austin, TX. During this time, Akins was one of only ten bands
in the State of Texas
to qualify and perform in finals competition at the 2006 UIL 5A Marching
Contest. During the 2006 indoor drumline
season, Akins was a Class A medalist at TCGC finals.
Mr. Carraway has been involved in the drum corps activity as an
instructor, arranger, tour management assistant, and performer for the last 14
consecutive seasons. Since 2008 he has
been the front ensemble coordinator for the Glassmen. In 2007 he was the front ensemble arranger
and instructor for the Crossmen. As a
DCI performer, Mr. Carraway spent six years as a front ensemble member of the
Cavaliers (02-03), Glassmen (99-01), and Marion Cadets (98). He was also a member of the WGI Independent
group Matrix for three years (00-02) and instructed Austin Independent in 2007.
Mr. Carraway received a Master of Music degree in percussion
performance from the University of Texas at Austin
where he studied with Thomas Burritt and was a graduate assistant in
percussion. He is also a magna cum laude
graduate of Kent State University
where he studied with Ted Rounds and received a bachelor’s degree in music
education.