Dr. Richard Holland has a Bachelor of Arts from Berklee College of Music, a Masters of Musical Arts from DePaul University and has his Doctorate in Classical Performance from Michigan State University. He has studied with Richard Illman, Steven Jones, Scott Thornburg,Carmine Caruso,Tim Morrison, Ross Beacraft, Larry Novak, Greg Hopkins, Mike Metheny, Lou Mucci, John McNeill, Charlie Banacos, Marcus Belgrave and Lou Smith. He has performed with the Louie Bellson Band, Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra, Harry Connick, Fred Hersch, Natalie Cole, Cab Calloway, Burt Bacharach, The Temptations/4 Tops and the Spinners,Jon Faddis,Scott Robinson, Hendrik Meurkens, Natalie Cole, Johnny Mathis, Frank Mantooth, Bill Dobbins, and many more. He has served on the Faculties of Kalamazoo College, Western Michigan University and Genesee Community College. He has worked along side Greg Wells at Northview High School, Jim Lawrence at Muskegon High School, Jim Barry at Okemos High School and Jeremy Root at Marshall Public Schools.