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. His Peabody years were spent performing with the student orchestras and in operas, singing in the Peabody Chamber Singers, premiering works by student composers, teaching eartraing classes, and playing chamber music. Recently he has studied with Todd Wilson.

Erik has participated in and won a number of organ and composition competitions, the most recent being 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 in the American east, and is the dean of the Erie AGO and a member of the ALCM.

Among his Church positions have been 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.

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