Erik Meyer was raised in Collingswood, NJ, where he began his organ studies at thirteen, studying with Lutheran pastor, organist, and composer J. Bert Carlson. Erik earned a BM and MM in organ performance from the Peabody Conservatory of Music, Baltimore, where he studied with Donald Sutherland. He was a semifinalist in the highly competitive 2006 and 2008 National Young Artist Competition in Organ Performance, sponsored by the American Guild of Organists. He has performed numerous solo recitals throughout the world and duo recitals with his wife, Anna. He is the dean of the Erie AGO and a member of the ALCM.

Erik has served as the Assistant Chapel Organist, U. S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD; Director of Music, Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Greenbelt, MD; and currently, Cantor, Luther Memorial Church, Erie, PA, where he also serves as Artistic Director of the Luther Memorial Concert Series, and founder of the Luther Memorial Bach Festival.

He served as music director at the 2008 and 2010 ELCA NWPA Synod Conventions, and as organ accompanist for the Episcopal Cathedral of St. Paul, Erie, on their choir tours of Europe in 2007 and 2010.

In the fall of 2007, Erik was appointed to the adjunct faculty at Mercyhurst College, Erie, where he teaches theory, eartraining, and organ. His choral composition are published by Augsburg Fortress and St. James Press.