Erik Johnson-Scherger, jazz violin

Erik Johnson-Scherger was born in Montreal, Quebec, but raised in the countryside around Kingston, Ontario. At the age of six he began classical training on the violin, and followed that through to the completion of a Bachelor’s of Music Performance and a Diploma in Chamber music at Wilfrid Laurier University in 2016 and 2017. He is currently completing an M.Mus at uOttawa. Erik cultivates a diverse musical career - he has performed with the Kingston and Ottawa Symphony Orchestras as a both a mandolinist and section violinist, given concerts of East-Coast style fiddle music in intimate café settings as a member of the Lyrik Duo, played on the main stage of Burlington’s Sound of Music Festival with indie-rock band Onion House, and has served as sideman, session musician, and bandleader for country, rock, disco/R&B, and jazz bands.