Founder and Music Director Emeritus of The Spectrum Singers, retired from The Spectrum Singers in May, 2024 after 44 years at the helm. He has been active as a singer and conductor in the Boston and Cambridge areas for more than 40 years. Son of a concert pianist and a microbiologist, Mr. Ehrlich was born in Grosse Pointe Park, Michigan, and prepared for higher education at Grosse Pointe University School and the New Hampton School. He studied music and conducting while attending the Hartt School of Music, Trinity College, and both Harvard and Boston Universities. His teachers were Robert Shaw, Gregg Smith, G. Wallace Woodworth, Nathan Gottschalk, and Vytautous Marijousius. Also a singer, Mr. Ehrlich has sung with Hartford Chamber Choir, Tanglewood Festival Chorus, Cambridge Society for Early Music, John Oliver Chorale, Boston Baroque, Cantata Singers, and Boston's Emmanuel Church choir. For eight seasons he was Music Director of the Master Singers of Worcester.