Robert Holden

About

Dr. Robert Holden is Professor of Voice and Opera, Coordinator of the Voice Area, and Co-Director of the UCA Opera Theater at the University of Central Arkansas. A bass-baritone, Dr. Holden has been a member of the UCA music faculty since 1996. He has performed leading roles with Central City Opera, Merrimack Opera, Pennsylvania Opera Theater, Utah Festival Opera, Wildwood Opera, and others. His concert work includes performances with prestigious orchestras such as the Philadelphia Orchestra, Denver Symphony, and Arkansas Symphony, performing in works including Handel's Messiah, Schubert's Mass in G, Mendelssohn's Elijah (title role), Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, Bach's Magnificat, Mozart's Coronation Mass and Requiem, Haydn's Creation, and Rossini's Stabat Mater. Dr. Holden is a visiting guest professor at East China Normal University in Shanghai, China, and has given masterclasses around the country and in China centered on vocal technique, song and aria interpretation, and audition techniques.

Education & Qualifications

Doctor of Musical Arts

Teaching Styles