Dr. Herrick is a graduate of the Eastman School of Music (on both euphonium and Trumpet) and received his master's and PhD from North Texas State University.

He was taught at Christian Academy in Japan (as an elementary, junior high and high school band director) and at Grace College in Winona Lake, Indiana. For the past 26 years he has lived in Montgomery, Alabama and recently retired after 25 years teaching at Huntingdon College in Montgomery.

He has been principal trumpet in the Montgomery Symphony since coming to Montgomery and has been an active recitalist.