About the Composer
Edward Eicker is a composer of choral and instrumental music for both small and large ensembles. He holds an M.A. in Music Composition (2002) and a B.M in Music Education and Organ Performance (1999) from Roosevelt University. His principal teachers have included David Schrader and Samuel Soria and composers Stacy Garrop and Patricia Morehead.
Since 2000, Eicker has received various awards, commissions and publications, including being named a finalist in the 2007 "Outside the Bachs" Choral Composition Contest. His most popular organ works include Just a Minute: A Suite of Miniature for Organ, and it's sequel, Just (A)nother Minute. His other organ and choral works are published by GIA Publications, Inc., World Library Publications, Augsburg Fortress, and Graphite Publishers.
Eicker currently serves as Organist and Choir Director at St. Paul of the Cross Church in Park Ridge, IL.
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Recent Compositions
- Concertato on Come Down, O Love Divine (2008)
- All My Trials (2007)
- O Come, O Come Emmanuel (2007)
- Pilgrim's Farewell (2006)
- Sketches of a Summer Night (2005)
