Eric P. Mandat

Professor of Clarinet, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. 

In addition to teaching clarinet and graduate analysis courses at Carbondale, Mr. Mandat is an active composer and he performs frequently throughout the United States and abroad as a soloist and chamber musician.  His solo programs feature new American music and extended performance techniques.  As a chamber musician he performs with the Transatlantic Trio, the Tone Road Ramblers, and with the Chicago Symphony’s MusicNOW contemporary chamber music series.  He is the recipient of  2000 and 2005 Illinois Arts Council Artist Fellowships for Composition and his music has been performed throughout the world.   Eric Mandat is the recipient of the 1999 SIU, Carbondale Outstanding Scholar Award.