Eric Tyler Barga is a native of Springfield, OH, graduated from Kenton Ridge High School in 2013 and completed his Bachelor of Music in Bassoon Performance at the New England Conservatory in Boston, MA in 2017. He completed a Post-Baccalaureate Music Education program at The Ohio State University in 2021 after briefly exploring a career in medicine. Eric has performed under the baton of notable conductors including Hugh Wolff, Charles Peltz, David Loebel, William Drury, Stephan Asbury, Jeffrey Kahane, Joshua Weilerstein, and Michael Tilson Thomas. His primary bassoon teachers include Richard Ranti, Joseph Hesseman, Christopher Weait, Betsy Sturdevant, and Karen Pierson. Eric is currently the Music Director at Covenant Presbyterian Church in Springfield, OH, the PreK-8 Music Teacher at Ridgewood School in Springfield and serves as the first bassoon in the Springboro Wind Symphony in Springboro, OH.