MOMENTUM TALENT GROUP - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Bandleader & President
- Leader of the Momentum Band
Larry Eckerling began studying piano at the age of 5, entertaining his family by easily learning children's songs by ear. He also studied traditional classical piano, voice, clarinet and viola, later writing and conducting arrangements for the Niles West High School Swing Choir and also serving as Music Director of several musical theater productions there. He received Bachelors degrees in Music Education and in Music (Instrumental and Choral Conducting) from Indiana University, Bloomington. Larry also earned a Masters degree in Symphonic conducting from Indiana University. In college Larry was also one of the principal arrangers for the Indiana Singing Hoosiers and would travel with the group on concert tours. In 2009 Larry received a "Distinguished Alumni Award" from the Singing Hoosiers and in response wrote a new arrangement for them for their current 65th Anniversary! Larry has been the Music Director and Conductor of the St. Cloud Symphony Orchestra and is Currently Music Director (and Conductor) of the Evanston Symphony Orchestra.