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Preparatory
Department Director Fine Arts Center 371 |
Dr. Holly L. Attar is an enthusiastic teacher, administrator, and performer whose passions for music education and instruction are driven by the desire to ensure quality musical experiences to all learners and audiences. Combining her interests, she authored the book, A Handbook for Collegiate Studio Teaching: Applying the Seven Principles for Good Practice in Undergraduate Education to Music-Centered Instruction. She has previously served as the Director of Career Services and the Student Artist Program at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, and has also held teaching positions at Loveland Public Schools (OH), West Clermont Local Schools (OH), The Midland Academy of Advanced and Creative Studies (MI), and West Intermediate School (MI). As an active violist, she has performed in orchestral, chamber, and solo concerts in Michigan, Massachusetts, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Peru, and Mexico as well as in festivals including the Opera Music and Theater Festival of Lucca (Italy), the Roanoke Island Music Festival in North Carolina, and the Music at Penn's Woods Festival in Pennsylvania. Recently, she performed at the International Midwest Clinic in Chicago, Illinois, the Bowdoin Music Festival in Maine, and as co-winner of the Clark J. Haines concerto competition with the Miami Valley Symphony Orchestra.
Dr. Attar holds a Doctor of Musical Arts in Viola Performance from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, a Master of Music from the North Carolina School of the Arts, and a Bachelor of Music Education from Central Michigan University. Her major teachers include Masao Kawasaki, Catherine Carroll, Ulrich Eichenauer, Seanad Dunigan Chang, and Seunghee Lee. She has also been the recipient of a full viola fellowship at the North Carolina School of the Arts, Judy and Bill Watson Scholarship Award, Betty and Lou Eckersly Leadership Award, Fletcher Opera Institute Orchestras Award, Kenan Performance Outreach Grant, Semans Art Fund Grant, and William G. Quine Scholarship.
Dr. Attar is looking forward to the months to come with NKU Prep, working with exceptional teachers to bring dynamic learning experiences to the community!
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