EDUCATION

Holly studied medieval and Renaissance music performance at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis in Basel, Switzerland, completing a master's degree in 2022 with Johanna Bartz and Dr. Marc Lewon. Her research under the supervision of Dr. Martin Kirnbauer focused on the evolving transverse flute at the turn of the sixteenth century, its ensembles, and its political symbolism for Maximilian I (see link to thesis below). Liane Ehlich, Mara Winter and Norbert Rodenkirchen, as well as Catherine Motuz on improvisation and Gabriele Miracle and Enea Sorini in percussion have also shaped her approach to performance.

A native Californian, Holly majored in music performance and philosophy at Wheaton Conservatory of Music in Illinois. She then took on the role of Artist-Educator at Madison Creative Arts Program in Wisconsin, preparing interdisciplinary music lessons while studying topics like educational psychology and strategies of inclusion in the instrumental-music-education certification program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

With over twenty years of experience in teaching music lessons, Holly is a passionate promoter of communal music-making, leading her to co-found and direct the independent, non-audition Oakhurst Community Choir in Decatur, Georgia, USA, before moving to Switzerland.