Bio

Nathaniel Holman is a percussionist and educator currently based in Miami, FL. 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 for various venues 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 solo and chamber 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 2023 World Percussion Group where he performed as both a soloist and ensemble member in England, Sweden, Denmark, 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, and received 2nd in the International Artist Competition (hosted by Southern California Marimba).

Outside of performance, Nathaniel has a passion for pedagogy. Before moving to Florida, he served as the percussion ensemble director, private teacher, and drum line instructor at Oswego East High School. He also led the percussion program at Murphy Junior High, taught private lessons at Neuqua Valley High School, and directed the Bolingbrook High School drum line. 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 regularly place in All-State band with the addition of the Summer Juilliard Percussion Seminar and Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra.

Nathaniel holds a BM in percussion performance from Wheaton College (IL) and a Master of Music from The Boston Conservatory at Berklee. He currently teaches at The Southern Florida Center for Percussive Arts and is 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.