Erik Morales

Erik Morales is an American composer, conductor, and trumpeter. He has composed best-selling music across many genres, including classical, jazz, and commercial. With over 160 publications, his musical works encompass a wide variety of styles and settings, including works for wind, orchestral, jazz, and chamber ensembles, and have been featured in performances across the globe.

Mr. Morales is an outspoken advocate of music education in our schools and community. In 2016, he was inducted into the Louisiana Association for Jazz Education's Hall of Fame and presented with a lifetime achievement award for dedication, support, advancement, and the continuation of jazz education in the state of Louisiana. In 2020, Mr. Morales was appointed musical director of the newly formed Covington Concert Band and is currently conductor of this community-based music project. In 2022, he was instrumental in founding the Northshore Music Alliance, a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting concert and jazz music in the Northshore region of Southeastern Louisiana. Mr. Morales currently serves as president of that organization. Mr. Morales studied composition at Florida International University and completed his bachelor's degree at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette in 1989. Currently, he's pursuing graduate studies at Loyola University New Orleans.