Percussion educator and performer, Aidan Ervin holds a Master’s Degree in Percussion Performance from Truman State University, where he studied under Dr. Michael Bump. His undergraduate degree is in Instrumental Music Education from Northwest Missouri State University, where he studied with Dr. Caleb Pickering, Dr. Andrew Morales, and Dr. Katy Strickland. Aidan is currently a teacher, performer, and composer in the central Florida area.
As a performer, Aidan has experience performing with a number of professional groups including: the Quincy Symphony Orchestra, the space coast symphony orchestra, River City Rhythm Drum & Bugle Corps, and the Maples Repertory Theatre. As a soloist, He placed 2nd in the Missouri Day of Percussion Marimba Competition in 2024, 3rd-place in the Mid-Missouri Percussive Arts trophy contest in 2020, and was a two-time honorable-mention awardee of the Southern Illinois Young Artist Association Instrumental Competition in 2023 and 24’. Aidan was also a winner of the 2023 Gold Medal Concerto Competition, where he performed Askell Masson’s snare drum concerto, Konzertstuck, with the Truman State University Symphony Orchestra.
as an educator, aidan has been involved with teaching percussion sections for 7 years with a variety of groups in the northwest missouri and central florida areas. As the director of percussion for kirksville high school in 2023-24, the marching percussion sectioned placed top 3 in several indoor competitions, and the spring percussion ensemble received exemplary ratings at the state large ensemble festival. Many of aidan's private lesson students have won auditions with youth orchestras, college drum lines, scholarships with college music programs, and received exemplary ratings at state solo and Ensemble festivals.
Aidan is currently a teacher at ivy hawn charter school of the arts, where he instructs 4th-8th grade music technology courses. he also serves as the head percussion instructor for deland high school, and a snare tech for fusion core drum and bugle corps. aidan performs regularly with the space coast symphony orchestra, and a substitute percussionist with several groups in central florida.
Aidan is a member of the Percussive Arts Society, and the Salyers Percussion Education Team.