Bio

Dr. Ashley Holder is a Professor of Woodwinds and Music Theory at Trinity Valley Community College & Adjunct Professor of Clarinet at the University of Texas at Tyler. At TVCC, her teaching duties include teaching clarinet, flute, saxophone, oboe and bassoon lessons, woodwind chamber ensembles, music theory, and sight singing. An active performer and clinician, Dr. Holder has performed in the Ocala Symphony Orchestra, Northwest Florida Symphony Orchestra, and Tallahassee Symphony Orchestra, performed internationally as a soloist and chamber musician, and has been a guest clinician at high schools, universities, and conferences throughout the United States.

Prior to TVCC & UTT, Dr. Holder served as an Assistant Professor of Woodwinds at East Texas Baptist University. Prior to ETBU, she served as an assistant band director and woodwind instructor at Mabank ISD. Her duties included assisting both junior high and high school bands and teaching weekly lessons and sectionals to all woodwind students. Dr. Holder also served as Adjunct Professor of Woodwinds at Trinity Valley Community College, with her students transferring into universities in Texas and Louisiana. Prior to her position at Mabank, Dr. Holder was a graduate teaching assistant at Florida State University. Dr. Holder has maintained a private studio for over fifteen years. Her students have placed into Region, Area and All-State Bands, earned superior ratings at Texas State Solo & Ensemble Contest, earned chairs in youth symphonies, and successfully auditioned into universities on scholarships.

A native of Santa Fe, TX, in high school Dr. Holder was a three-time TMEA All-State musician, a member of the Houston Youth Symphony, and earned superior ratings at TSSEC.

Dr. Holder holds a Bachelor of Music in Music Education from Baylor University, a Master of Music in Performance from the University of Texas at Austin, and a Doctor of Music in Performance from Florida State University. Her primary teachers include Dr. Deborah Bish, Dr. Jonathan Holden, Patrick Meehan, Richard MacDowell, Dr. Richard Shanley, and Chester Rowell.