Holly Chatham is a performer of wide range and skill, sought after for her continuo and improvisational skills on early keyboards as well as her virtuosity on the modern piano. An "elegantly florid" (San Francisco Classical Voice) player and a "leader in the field" (Counterpoint), Ms. Chatham is hailed as possessing "a wonderful improvisational flair" (Atlanta Early Music News) on the keyboard. She has played under directors such as Jos van Immerseel, Paul Hillier and Stanley Ritchie, and in such venues as Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, Symphony Space (New York), Merkin Hall (New York), Spivey Hall (Atlanta), The Krannert Center at University of Illinois and Schoenberg Hall at UCLA, to name but a few. She has performed at the Bloomington Early Music Festival, Tropical Baroque Music Festival, Carmel Bach Festival, and at Music in the Vineyards in Napa Valley. She has also performed and been interviewed on WNYC's Soundcheck as well as National Public Radio's programs Performance Today and Harmonia. Ms. Chatham is a founding member and harpsichordist for the critically-acclaimed ensemble reconstruction (www.reconstructionmusic.com - click here to visit). Past seasons found reconstruction performing in such venues as the Lane Series at University of Vermont, Ford Hall at Ithaca College, The Cutting Room in NYC, The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, and on two tours of Mexico. Ms. Chatham toured the U.S. extensively as harpsichordist for the ground-breaking ensemble Bimbetta from 1998 until 2003, performing in major concert series throughout the country and giving workshops and master classes at many colleges and universities. Bimbetta was chosen to be honored in 2003 by Chamber Music America as one of the ensembles to have changed the face of chamber music in America.

Ms. Chatham received her Master of Music degree in Harpsichord and Fortepiano Performance from the Early Music Institute at Indiana University (Bloomington) where she studied with Elisabeth Wright and Colin Tilney. At IU she was awarded the prestigious Performer's Certificate, the highest honor bestowed upon a music student at IU, and was winner of the Baroque Concerto Competition. She received her Bachelor of Music degree in Piano Performance from Clayton State University (Atlanta), where she studied with George Lucktenberg, Michiko Otaki and Lyle Nordstrom.