Erika Shrauger has been assistant principal/second/E-flat clarinet of The Florida Orchestra since 1991. She also serves concurrently as second clarinetist of the Santa Fe Opera Orchestra. She holds a bachelor’s degree of music in clarinet performance from the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia. Her major teachers included Donald Montanaro and James Pyne. She has held orchestral positions with the Colorado Symphony and the New World Symphony and appeared as a soloist with the Philadelphia Orchestra and the Buffalo Philharmonic. She has extensive chamber music experience and teaches clarinet privately in the Tampa Bay area.