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Eric Holtan<\/h2>\n

Music Director<\/h3>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1524004787511{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]Eric Holtan launched his professional music career at age 12 as a church organist. A native of Minnesota, he studied organ, voice and conducting at Gustavus Adolphus College. He earned a master\u2019s degree in choral conducting at the University of Iowa, where he was assistant director of Camerata Singers, and the doctor of musical arts degree in choral and orchestra conducting at the University of Arizona, where he was the UA Opera Theater\u2019s chorus master. His research focused on the role of the chorale form in Mendelssohn\u2019s oratorios and symphonies as reflection of the musical and religious influences on Mendelssohn.<\/p>\n

Eric has held several conducting positions in secondary and higher education, churches and community and professional organizations. He served as associate conductor of the Southern Arizona Symphony Orchestra, and for many years was the assistant director of the Tucson Symphony Orchestra Chorus, where he assisted in the preparation of numerous works, including Verdi\u2019s\u00a0Requiem<\/em>, Beethoven\u2019s\u00a0Symphony No. 9<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0Missa Solemnis<\/em>, Orff\u2019s\u00a0Carmina Burana<\/em>\u00a0and Handel\u2019s\u00a0Messiah<\/em>. Eric continues his work in church music as minister of music, art and liturgy at Dove of Peace Lutheran Church.<\/p>\n

Ensembles under Eric\u2019s direction have performed in the great cathedrals of central Europe, in an international choral festival in Russia, and as invited performers at the conventions of Music Educators Association and American Choral Director\u2019s Association. Since founding True Concord, Eric has conducted performances of many of the most significant choral works in the canon, and has commissioned some of America\u2019s leading composers for world premiere performances. Most recently, Eric conducted True Concord on its New York debut at Lincoln Center\u2019s Alice Tully Hall for a special concert on the 14th anniversary of 9\/11.<\/p>\n

Eric\u2019s principal conducting teachers include Karle Erickson, William Hatcher, Bruce Chamberlain and Thomas Cockrell. Eric was a conducting associate at the Conductor\u2019s Institute of South Carolina where he studied chiefly with Donald Portnoy, and a conducting fellow at a Curtis Institute masterclass, where he studied with Otto-Werner Mueller, Christoph Eschenbach and David Hayes. He has trained with other notable conductors including Duain Wolfe, Vance George, and Dale Warland.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/mk_page_section][vc_row fullwidth=”true”][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text el_class=”imagecaption” css=”.vc_custom_1572030279903{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]\n

Eric Holtan
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