Holding, a native of Smithfield, NC, earned a Bachelor of Music degree Cum Laude from Salem College, where she also received the 1996 Distinguished Alumna Award. She acquired a Master's of Music in piano performance from Yale University, where she won the concerto competition twice. She also studied at the Julliard School, on a scholarship program, and as a Fulbright Scholar at the Royal Academy of Music in London. She has performed with the Yale University Orchestra, the North Carolina Symphony, the South Carolina Philharmonic, on Salem College Artist Series, and the Spoleto Festival. The late Hunter Johnson was a native of Benson, NC, and the composer laureate of North Carolina.
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