Nathaniel Holman

Bio

Nathaniel Holman is a percussionist and educator currently based in Miami, FL.

Nathaniel has a passion for pedagogy. He currently serves on faculty at Southeastern University in Lakeland, Florida and is a teacher with Miami House of Creative Arts. Prior to these appointments he worked with the Southern Florida Center for Percussive Arts and was a private teacher, percussion ensemble director, and drum line tech for Oswego East High School, Neuqua Valley High School, Bolingbrook High School, and Murphy Junior High. Further, Nathaniel has appeared as an international clinician, notably with his research on the historical performance of baroque music on marimba, and has presented multiple masterclasses in several countries and conventions. His students have gone on to pursue music careers at Northern Illinois University and The University of Illinois and have regularly placed in All-State band, the Summer Juilliard Percussion Seminar, and the Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra.

As an active performer, Nathaniel has been featured at the Illinois day of percussion, was a concerto soloist with the Fox Valley Concert Band, and has performed numerous solo and collaborative recitals where he has had the privilege of sharing the stage with artists such as Jenny Klukken, Matthew Coley, Lynn Vartan, and Gordon Stout.

Nathaniel is a member of Heartland Marimba where he regularly collaborates on tours and projects that have taken place in Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Wisconsin, Indiana, and Pennsylvania, including a showcase concert at the Percussive Arts Society Internationally Conference (2022). Further, he was selected to perform with the 2024 World Percussion Group where he performed as both a soloist and ensemble member in England, Sweden, Denmark, Estonia, and Finland.

Along with his extensive list of solo, ensemble, and chamber experience, Nathaniel was also a named semi-finalist in the 2021 Great Plains Marimba Competition, a finalist in the 2021 International Bamburg Marimba Competition, received 2nd in the International Artist Competition (hosted by Southern California Marimba), and placed third as a concert artist in the professional category of the 2024 Chicago International Music Competition.

Nathaniel holds a BM in percussion performance from Wheaton College (IL) and a Master of Music from The Boston Conservatory at Berklee. He is currently pursuing a DMA in performance at the Frost School of Music (University of Miami) where he studies with Svet Stoyanov and Joe Petrasek and is a Graduate Teaching Assistant in the chamber music department. Nathaniel proudly endorses Marimba One products.