Clyde Holloway
Biography
CLYDE HOLLOWAY came to prominence in
1964 when he won the National Young Artists Competition of the American Guild
of Organists in Philadelphia. This achievement inaugurated a distinguished
concert career that continues to receive high acclaim throughout the United States
where he performs under the auspices of Karen McFarlane Artists. He has performed for numerous National and
Regional Conventions of the American Guild of Organists and has appeared in
recital in Mexico City,
the West Indies and Europe.
Dr. Holloway earned degrees from the
University of Oklahoma and Union Theological Seminary
where he was a student of Mildred Andrews and Robert Baker, respectively. The title of his doctoral dissertation was The Organ Works of Olivier Messiaen and
Their Importance In His Total Oeuvre, a volume
which remains one of the foremost monographs concerning this music. During this extensive study he worked with
the composer on several occasions, examined his works at the organ of the Church
of the Holy Trinity in Paris
and performed under his supervision. As
a Fulbright Scholar at the Amsterdam Conservatory, he has worked with Gustav
Leonhardt in the study of organ, harpsichord and chamber music.
Dr. Holloway began his teaching
career in 1965 as the youngest member of the faculty of the Indiana University
School of Music. In 1977, he joined the
faculty of The Shepherd School of Music at Rice University
where, in addition to establishing the organ program, he has served as Chairman
of the Keyboard Department and Director of Graduate Studies. Dr. Holloway’s students have been
particularly successful as teacher, church musicians, recitalists and recording
artists. As Organist and Choirmaster of
Christ Church Cathedral in Houston
for many years, he directed one of the prominent church music programs in the
country. In June of 1993, he was named
Honorary Lay Canon and Organist and Choirmaster Emeritus.
Renowned as a gifted pedagogue, Dr.
Holloway has served on the Committee for Professional Education of the American
Guild of Organists and has addressed two biennial conferences of the National
Conference on Organ Pedagogy, founded in 1982.
He is in demand as a leader of workshops, master classes and as an
adjudicator for competitions. He has
served as a member of the jury for numerous competitions including the Concours
de Europe, the Fort Wayne Competition, The Music Teachers National Association
Competition, the National Young Artists Competition of The American Guild of
Organists and the Grand Prix de Chatres.
In 1994 he was invited to perform for the Bicentennial Festival of the
celebrated Clicquot organ in the Cathedral of Poitiers, France, and to serve as
a member of the jury for the international competition held at the end of the ten-day
festival.
Current as of September 12, 2002.