Holzman-Little, Carrie

Violist from Long Beach, California, who attended Wilson High School, The Banff School of the Arts and the University of California in Santa Barbara, from whence she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts. She complemented her education at the Blossom Music Festival, The Music Academy of the West, the Oregon Bach Festival, and the Tanglewood Music Festival. Her instructors included Ron Copes, Louis Kievman, Hechiiro Ohyama, and William Primrose.

In 1990, she became a member of the Pasadena Symphony. Other groups with whom she has worked comprise the Crown City String Quartet, the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, the Long Beach Symphony Orchestra, the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, and the Santa Monica Symphony.

On 12^th January 2011, the Crown City Quartet performed “Music at Noon” at Pasadena Presbyterian Church. Carrie and harpist Carolyn Sykes provided music at Mark Alan’s “Accessorize and Gift This Holiday Season with Fair Trade, Fashion, and Finesse” presentation at Ten Thousand Villages on 5^th November 2011.

Carrie has been equally busy in the movie studios and recording studios. Albums on which she appears include: Body Language and Shine by Boney James; Christmas Through Your Eyes by Gloria Estefan; The Colors of the Baroque with Anthony Plog; Come by Me, Love for Sale and To See You by Harry Connick, Jr.; The Dana Owens Album by Queen Latifah; It’s Real by K-Ci & JoJo; Lea Salonga; Maybe by Thom Pace; Maybe Not Tonight by Sammy Kershaw; October Road by James Taylor; Pure Orchestra by The John Tesh Project; Rahsaan Patterson; Romances by Luis Miguel; Slow Motion Addict by Carina Round; A Song for You by Michael Lington; Stacy Earl; Surrender by Jane Monheit; Timeless: Live in Concert by Barbra Streisand, Timepiece by Kenny Rogers; Trumpet Evolution by Arturo Sandoval; and, Two Worlds by Dave Grusin and Lee Ritenour.

Soundtracks on which she has performed comprise Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey, Conspiracy Theory, The Dead Pool, Disturbia, Domestic Disturbance, Dreamcatcher, Eight Legged Freaks, The Glass House, Gothika, Ice Age, Joy Ride, Man on the Moon, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, Panic Room, Sin City, Throw Momma from the Train, Twisted, and War of the Worlds.

In addition to her role as musician, she serves as music contractor for All Saints Church, FirstUnited Methodist Church, the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Los Angeles Children’s Choir, Our Lady of Angels Cathedral, Pasadena Presbyterian Church, Santa Monica Symphony and Westwood Presbyterian. She is also the personnel manager for the Long Beach Symphony Orchestra, and union representative for Local 47 of the American Federation of Musicians.

In the field of music education, she gives private lessons and is a viola coach for the Gold Coast Chamber Music Festival and the Verdugo Young Musicians Association.

Here she performs “Blackberry Mull” by Mark O’Connor with Laurie Niles and Dane Little…

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