Brian Holmes - Violin
Brian Holmes is both a violinist and a music educator. He graduated from
William Jewell College with degrees in violin performance and music education.
He is currently the orchestra director at Truman High School. Through the
years, Brian has taught private lessons in violin and viola at Meyer Music,
the Lydia Lovan School of Music, Northland Cathedral School of Music and
most recently, the Music Arts Institute. He is currently a member of the
MAI® String Quartet and the Mt. Zion Chamber Ensemble as well as other chamber
groups around the Kansas City area.
Brian has had many opportunities to perform. He has won several concerto competitions and has soloed with many orchestras. Brian won the Independence Symphony’s Young Artist competition in 1999 and soloed with the Independence Symphony. He also won the Liberty Symphony’s Young Artist competition in 2001 and 2003 and soloed with the symphony on both occasions. In 2004, Brian soloed multiple times with the William Jewell Chamber Orchestra. Brian also had the opportunity to play in the National Festival Orchestra at Carnegie Hall.
Composing music is another activity in which Brian is frequently involved. Brian has written several musical works. Many have been performed for various events or occasions. The William Jewell Chamber Orchestra recently performed Brian’s Perpetuoso during the last concert season. Other works have been played as well and have been accepted into an online collection of scores.
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