Eric Nestler has been on the faculty of the University of North Texas College of Music since 1992. He is currently and Associate Professor of Music and appointment at UNT, Mr. Nestler taught both Woodwind Techniques and the Sophomore Honors Section From and Analysis Class at the Indiana University School of Music. Additionally, he has taught studio woodwinds and coached chamber ensembles at Vencennes University, IN. Nestler is presently a member of the summer music faculty of the University of New Brunswick in Federicton, New Brunswick, Canada.
Mr. Nestler continues to be an active recitalist and clinician throughout the United States. In the new millennium, Nestler was a featured soloist at both the World Saxophone Congress in Montreal, Canada as well as the North American Saxophone Alliance National Convention in Tucson, Arizona. Internationally, Nestler has performed solo recitals in Cape Town and Stellenbosch, South Africa and has traveled to Eastern Europe where he performed several solo recitals including performances at the Franz Liszt Academy in Brno, the Czech Republic. This past May, Nestler is scheduled to perform at the Central Conservatory in Beijing, China.
Mr. Nestler has published several articles and reviews in the Saxophone Symposium
and the National Association of College Wind and Percussion Instructors Journal.
His latest article, An Analysis of the Prélude, Cadence et Finale
by Alfrèd Desenclos, was published in a recent issue of the Saxophone
Symposium. Nestler has also recorded a Master Class CD for the Saxophone Journal
entitled Baroque Ornamentation for the Saxophone. Nestler commissioned
and /or premiered music by James Aikman, David Dzubay, John Harbison, Joseph
Klein, and Gunther Schuller.
Mr. Nestler hosted the North American Saxophone Alliance Region IV Conference
in 1995 and the 2002 North American Saxophone Alliance Biennial Conference,
March 6-9, 2002. Currently, Nestler serves as the Executive Vice President
of the 2003 World Saxophone Congress Organizing Committee.
Mr. Nestler earned a Bachelor of Music degree in Music Education, Summa Cum Laude, from Susquehanna University (Selinsgrove, PA) where he was a student of Donald Beckie. Mr. Nestler has since received both the Master of Music degree, with High Distinction, and the doctor of Music Literature and Performance degree, with High Distinction, from the Indiana University School of Music (Bloomington, IN) where he studied with Eugene Rousseau.
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