Eric Shimelonis is a composer, conductor, and multi-instrumentalist. His work ranges from orchestral music to the popular, and spans film, television, theatre, dance, and the concert hall.

In the classical music world, Eric has served as assistant-director with both the Philadelphia and Boston Symphony Orchestras for performances of Stravinsky’s L’histoire du Soldat.  His compositions for string quartet and other small ensembles have been performed at Juilliard and in new music venues around New York, and his song cycle Elusive Things, composed after poems by Ilene Starger, was recently performed by F. Murray Abraham in a sold-out Carnegie Hall performance with the Voice Of The City Ensemble.

As a score composer, he has worked in both film and television.  The film Winter Passing was another in a long line of projects with writer/director Adam Rapp, and included music collaborations with Will Ferrell, Ed Harris, and Zooey Deschanel.  In association with nature filmmaker Daniel Breton, he has scored a number of award winning documentaries for the National Audubon Society and for the Houston Zoo; and in collaboration with Discovery they earned a 2008 Daytime Emmy Award.

Eric has worked on over 200 plays in New York, regionally, and internationally.  He has enjoyed long-term collaborations with such theatres as the Atlantic, Arena Stage, City Theatre,  The Goodman,  The Juilliard School, Mabou Mines, Playwrights Horizons, Rattlestick, Second Stage, Southern Rep, Studio Theatre, and Theatreworks USA.  He has received grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers, has been nominated for Drama Desk and Lucille Lortel awards for outstanding sound design, and for a Big Easy award for best musical director.