Ph.D. (Princeton University, 1974)

M.F.A. (Princeton University, 1971)

B.A. (Duke University, 1969), magna cum laude with distinction in music

Professional study of bassoon and orchestral conducting, North Carolina School of the Arts Summer Sessions in Siena, Italy (Accademia Musicale Chigiana), 1967, 1968

Professor of Music, University of California, Davis, 1981–

Barbara K. Jackson Professor of Orchestral Conducting, 2000–

Dean, Division of Humanities, Arts, & Cultural Studies College of Letters & Science, 1995–96

Acting Chair, Dramatic Art, 1994–95

Chairman of Music, 1981–88

Conductor, University Symphony Orchestra, 1981–

Managing Editor, 19th-Century Music, 1981–94

Associate Professor of Music, University of California, Davis, 1977–81

Chairman of Music, 1980–81

Conductor, University Symphony Orchestra, 1977–81

Managing Editor, 19th-Century Music, 1977–81

Assistant Professor of Music, University of California, Davis, 1974–77

Founding Director, University Early Music Ensemble, 1973–77 [and 1979]

Founding Co-Editor, 19th-Century Music, 1977

Acting Assistant Professor of Music, University of California, Davis, 1973–74

Visiting Instructor of Music History and Theory, Westminster Choir College, 1972

Principal bassoonist, [Research] Triangle Symphony of North Carolina, 1965–69

Free-lance bassoonist, 1966–69

Music Director, Butner Baptist Church, Butner, North Carolina, 1968–69

Born 8 September 1947, Raleigh, North Carolina.

Married to Elizabeth R. Holoman, teacher of French.

Father of Kate Elizabeth Holoman, born 27 September 1980, and
              Michael Kern Holoman, born 8 January 1987.

Last updated: 28 December 2002