DMA, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; Baldwin Wallace College
Cellist Timothy Holley is a graduate of Baldwin-Wallace College and the University of Michigan where he studied with Regina Mushabac, Jerome Jelinek, Jeffrey Solow and Erling Blondal Bengtsson. He has performed in a wide variety of musical styles, genres, and venues around the United States and abroad. A native of Detroit, Michigan he was affiliated with the Toledo (OH) Symphony Orchestra for twelve years, the Detroit Symphony Orchestra for three years, and has performed at the Festival dei Due Mondi in Charleston, South Carolina and Spoleto, Italy. He was the cellist of the Legacy String Quartet for six years, which explored and presented little-known works of chamber music by African-American composers. His doctoral dissertation focused on the bioloncello music of African-American composers including works of George Walker, David Baker, Hale Smith and numerous others. He has recently recorded works of Valerie Capers, Barbara Cooke, and Hale Smith for the VIDEMUS, Heritage Foundation, and CRI labels; he has also recorded William Banfield's Spirit Songs with tenor Lee Melvin on the INNOVA label.
He is presently an Assistant Professor of Music at North Carolina Central University and also a member of the facutly of the Duke University String School, but maintains an active performing schedule as a guest musician with the Ciompi Quartet, the Mallerme Chamber Players and the North Carolina Symphony Orchestra.