A native of the Chicago area, Erik W. Goldstrom has been selected as the new Organist/Choirmaster for Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in Phoenix, AZ where he will conduct the cathedral choir and oversee all music programs. Prior to his appointment at Trinity, he was Organist and Choir Director at St. John's Pro Cathedral (Episcopal) in Los Angeles, CA. He was also Organist/Choirmaster at St. James Parish in Wilmington, NC, where he conducted the parish choir, coordinated the arts series, and restructured the children’s choir program. During his tenure he formed the St. James Consort, a choral group dedicated to the performance of unaccompanied vocal chamber music, and was a board member of Creative Wilmington, an arts council cooperative for the New Hanover county area. He has served parishes in Illinois, Texas, California and Indiana, where he was the assistant at Christ Church Cathedral, Indianapolis.

Erik holds degrees from Northwestern University (summa cum laude), Southern Methodist University (where he was awarded the Dora Poteet Barclay Award for Outstanding Organ Performance), Perkins School of Theology (summa cum laude), and Stanford University where he received his Ph.D. in musicology. His teachers of organ performance include Ralph Sunden, Richard Enright, Robert T. Anderson, Kimberly Marshall and Robert Bates.

Erik has performed throughout the United States, UK and Europe, most notably at Lincoln Cathedral, St. George's Chapel, Windsor, the Madeleine and the Cathedral of Notre-Dame in Paris. He has also appeared at national conferences sponsored by the American Guild of Organists and the Association of Anglican Musicians. An avid promoter of contemporary music, Erik has both commissioned and premiered works by several notable American composers including Jeffrey Smith, David Jaffe and Frank Ferko. Erik and his partner Michael Garland will relocate from Southern California in early January.