Holly Lacey studies violin with Margaret Batjer at the Colburn School Music Academy in Los Angeles, California. She performed at The Walt Disney Concert Hall in June 2024 as The Music Center’s Spotlight Competition Grand Prize Finalist and Classical Music winner. Holly has also been a winner of the 2023 and 2024 Colburn Concerto Competitions, performing as soloist with both the Colburn Youth Orchestra and the Colburn Chamber Orchestra. In addition, she was the 2024 national winner of the OPUS Music Competition and a semifinalist in the 2024 International Young Artists Concerto Competition.
A dedicated orchestral musician, Holly has served as concertmaster for five seasons across the Colburn Sinfonietta, Colburn Youth Orchestra, and Colburn String Orchestra. As an avid chamber musician and member of the Nth Trio, she earned the inaugural Horszowski Trio Prize at the 50th Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition in 2023, as well as first prizes at the 2023 MTAC VOCE Chamber Music Competition, Camerata Artists International Competition, and ENKOR International Music Competition.
Holly is deeply committed to community engagement, founding and serving as co-Regional Director of the Back to BACH Greater Pasadena region. She is also an inaugural fellow with National Public Radio’s From the Top: Musicians and the Environment Initiative. Over the past four summers, Holly has studied with Gerardo Ribeiro at the Meadowmount School of Music and has participated in masterclasses with Alexander Kerr, Martin Beaver, Ivan Zenaty, Catherine Cho, Kikuie Ikeda, Almita Vamos, Kelly Parkins-Lindstrom, Jean-Yves Thibaudet, and Rieko Aizawa.