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Eric Arbiter is a professional musician, photographer, Zen priest and writer. His interests include reading, gardening, travel and working on machines— cars, motorcycles and reed making machines for his instrument, the bassoon.

He was Assistant Professor of Music at the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University for 19 years.

He retired from his long-time position (45 years) in the Houston Symphony in May of 2019 and loves being a housewife, while his wife Amy still works. He also enjoys being a new grandfather.

His book on reed making for the bassoon, The Way of Cane, was published by Oxford University Press in 2020 and is available through Amazon:

https://www.amazon.com/Way-Cane-Science-Bassoon-Reed-making/dp/0190919620/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1598987012&sr=1-1

He also self-published two photography collections of his images available through Blurb:

https://www.blurb.com/b/9662718-forms-reflections-visions

https://www.blurb.com/b/6993428-songs-of-light-softcover-text