Thanks for visiting my site! If you've been here before, you may be wondering what's up with the site!?! Well...I've decided to put up this temporary page while I try to get the real site updated and bit more current. So, please bear with me while I try to make some progress on this. If you have not been to my site before and have no idea who I am, below is a brief description. In either case, if you would like to contact me, you can reach me at eric@ericjwickens.com Thanks, Eric Eric J. Wickens, bass-baritone, grew up in Anderson, IN, and now makes his home in Fishers, IN.   Eric currently studies voice with Michael Sylvester.   But he credits Alexandra Kocoshis, a member of Ball State's faculty, and his friend Steve Kitts for bringing music back into his life.   In the past two years, Eric has presented programs featuring opera, art songs, Broadway standards and Christmas music with accompanist Emily Block and pianist Giannina Hofmeister at Faith Presbyterian Church, Zion Evangelical United Church of Christ, Meridian Street United Methodist and Hoosier Village.   Eric is the Artist in Residence with Indiana State Museum, a section leader at St. Louis de Montfort, a member of the professional choir Voce under the direction of Dr. Charles Goehring, and a member of the Indianapolis Harmonie Opera Club.   He has also been a guest soloist/singer at St. Lukes UMC, Lawrence UMC, Chapel Hill UMC, Memorial Presbyterian Church of Midland, Michigan, Meridian Street UMC, Bellaire UMC and Union Chapel UMC.