Mark Holloway

Viola

Mark Holloway, violist, received his diploma from The Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, where he studied with Michael Tree, and a B.M. Summa cum laude from Boston University's School of Music where he was a Presser Scholar and a student of Michelle LaCourse. Mr. Holloway was principal violist of the Haddonfield Symphony and twice principal violist and chamber musician of the NY String Orchestra under Jaime Laredo.  He received first prize in the American String Teachers' Association MA Competition and was a member and guest principal violist of both the Portland Symphony and the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia. He has played at Bargemusic, at New York’s 92nd Street Y with Jaime Laredo, Ida Kavafian, and Sharon Robinson, on WQXR-NY’s Young Artists’ Showcase, live on Boston’s WGBH, and with the Boston Symphony, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, Boston Musica Viva, Pennsylvania Ballet, Philly Pops and Metamorphosen.

Mr. Holloway’s current activities include playing as a substitute with the New York Philharmonic, the American Symphony, where he has appeared as principal violist, Orpheus, with whom he has also played on tour, and Broadway’s “Les Misérables.”  He was principal violist at Tanglewood and has played chamber music at the Marlboro, Ravinia, Angel Fire, Sarasota, Prussia Cove, Banff and Taos festivals.  With the Brandenburg Ensemble he played in Florida and at the Casals Festival in Puerto Rico, with the Charles String Quartet he gave concerts in Russia at the Hermitage and the Moscow Conservatory, and he has played with Yo-Yo Ma, Pinchas Zuckerman, Cho-Liang Lin, Jaime Laredo and Sharon Robinson in Carnegie Hall and at the Library of Congress. 

Mr. Holloway has also appeared on Caramoor’s “Rising Stars” series and in recital, and with the Boston Chamber Music Society, Richmond Festival of Music, Staunton Music Festival, Jupiter Chamber Players, Mainly Mozart festival, Lyric Chamber Music Society of NY, North Country Chamber Players, Mostly Music festival with Ani Kavafian and Carter Brey, and on tour in the US and Asia with the NY Philharmonic.  Next season he will tour with Musicians from Marlboro.  A native of Oceanside, NY, Mark now lives in New York City.