Aidan Ervin is a percussion educator and performer based in Central Florida. He holds a Master’s Degree in Percussion Performance from Truman State University, where he studied with Dr. Michael Bump, and a Bachelor’s Degree in Instrumental Music Education from Northwest Missouri State University, where his teachers included Dr. Caleb Pickering, Dr. Andrew Morales, and Dr. Katy Strickland.
As a performer, Aidan has worked with a number of professional ensembles, including the Quincy Symphony Orchestra, the Space Coast Symphony Orchestra, River City Rhythm Drum & Bugle Corps, and the Maples Repertory Theatre. Aidan has earned recognition in several solo competitions: he placed second in the 2024 Missouri Day of Percussion Marimba Competition, third in the 2020 Mid-Missouri Percussive Arts Trophy, and was a two-time honorable mention recipient in the Southern Illinois Young Artist Association Instrumental Competition (2023 and 2024). He also won the 2023 Gold Medal Concerto Competition at Truman State University, performing Áskell Másson’s Konzertstück for snare drum with the Truman State University Symphony Orchestra.
As an educator, Aidan has worked with percussion programs across Northwest Missouri and Central Florida. While serving as Director of Percussion at Kirksville High School (2023–24), the marching percussion ensemble placed in the top three at several indoor competitions, and the spring percussion ensemble received Superior ratings at the state large ensemble festival. His private students have gone on to win youth orchestra auditions, earn scholarships to college music programs, and receive Superior ratings at state solo and ensemble festivals.
Aidan currently serves as a freelance performer and instructor in Orlando, Florida. He is the head percussion instructor at DeLand High School and Lake Brantley High School, on staff with Fusion Core Drum and Bugle Corps, and teaches privately. Aidan also performs with the Space Coast Symphony Orchestra regularly as a section percussionist.
Aidan is a member of the Percussive Arts Society and the Salyers Percussion Education Team.