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DocuSign Envelope ID: 7E107417-F9E7-4B2F-A30A-B4D250909DD9 <br /> OCA C Grant Applir oti 0 11 for V OIC r 5 p rr)"k Li Funds <br /> APPENDIX 2 Deborah Lee Hollis Resume <br /> Pianist Deborah Lee Hollis is highly respected by colleagues for her sensitivity and skill as a <br /> collaborative partner, Her passion for vocal music has led to masterelass performances for such <br /> esteemed artists as Frederica von Stade, Dawn Upshaw, George Shirley, Anthony Dean Griffey, and <br /> Jennifer Larmore; collaborative pianists Rudolph Jensen, Martin Katz, Warren Jones, and John Wustman; <br /> and composers Jake Haggle, Ricky Ian Gordon, Lori Laitman, and John Harbison, <br /> Hollis began her career in Chicago where she was pianist for the Chicago Symphony First Chair <br /> Series. Since coming to the Triangle, she has worked with many prominent music organizations including <br /> Long Leal Opera Company, Opera Company of North Carolina, Eastern Music Festival, Mallarme <br /> Chamber Players, VOICES, and Women's Voices Chorus, <br /> Hollis holds piano performance degrees from Oberlin Conservatory and the University of Illinois at <br /> Champaign-Urbana, and received her Doctor of Musical Arts in Collaborative Piano from The University <br /> of North Carolina at Greensboro An avid educator, she has conducted masterclasses and coached <br /> collaborative pianists and vocalists at Shenandoah, Furman, and Longwood Universities, and presented <br /> lecture-recitals at Duke University about the fortepiann and music of Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven and <br /> Schunert„ <br /> Previously on faculty at Wheaton College, Guilford College and The University of North Carolina at <br /> Greensboro, and a collaborative pianist at Duke University and The University of North Carolina at <br /> Chapel Hill, Dr„ Hollis is an active recitalist and maintains a private studio in piano, collaborative piano, <br /> and vocal and chamber music coaching. <br /> 5 <br />