biography
Dr. Eric Goode is an active freelance tuba player and music educator based in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Goode has performed in elite musical ensembles throughout the Boston area and beyond. He serves as Principal Tuba for the Boston Festival Orchestra and Cape Ann Symphony. He has appeared with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Boston Pops, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Albany Symphony, Springfield Symphony Orchestra, Cape Symphony Orchestra, Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Massachusetts Symphony Orchestra, Symphony New Hampshire, and many more large and chamber ensembles.
Dr. Goode is an active collaborator in featuring local and upcoming composers. He is currently a member of commissioning projects that aim to introduce new works for the tuba and chamber groups. Some recent commissions and premiers include Passacaglia for brass quintet and Look Up for tuba and piano by Ryan Stees, Quantum Computing is the Elephant in the Bitcoin Vault by Danny Fratina, Core Dogie by Joe Ricard, and The Natural Lands, a suite for tuba quartet by Shawn W. Davern, which won the Winston Morris Award for Excellence in Tuba and Euphonium Composition at the 2019 International Tuba and Euphonium Conference in Iowa City, Iowa.
Dr. Goode brings a wealth of experience as an educator. He serves as a Lecturer in Music for Tuba and Euphonium at Boston University and the New England Conservatory, and is also on the faculty for NEC Prep. As an ensemble director and coach, Dr. Goode directs the Pep Band and instructs the low brass for the Marching Band at Boston College. In the classroom, Dr. Goode is on faculty at Milton Academy, where he coaches middle and high school ensembles and develops curricula for jazz, general music, and orchestral courses. Beyond his teaching responsibilities, he also serves as the Children’s Program Artistic Manager for Shelter Music Boston, where he designs music-based programs for children and families facing homelessness, delivering these programs monthly at various partner sites.
Dr. Goode received his Bachelor of Music degree from James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia, where he studied with Professor Kevin Stees. During his tenure at James Madison University, Dr. Goode launched his performing career domestically and abroad, including a tour of Austria and Germany with the James Madison University Brass Band, and performances at International Tuba Euphonium Association conferences throughout the United States and in Linz, Austria. He received his Master of Music and Doctor of Musical Arts degrees in 2017 and 2023 from Boston University, where he was a student of Mike Roylance, principal tuba of the Boston Symphony Orchestra.