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, Stanley Ritchie, Andrew Megill and Patrick Gardner, and in major concert halls and series throughout the U.S., U.K. and Mexico, including such venues as Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, Symphony Space (New York) and Merkin Hall (New York), to name but a few. She has been a feature performer in festivals such as the Ugbrooke Chamber Music Festival (UK), Bloomington Early Music Festival, Miami Bach Festival, Festival Dr. Alfonso Ortiz Tirado (Mexico), Festival San Luis (Mexico), and Music in the Vineyards in Napa Valley. Each summer, Ms. Chatham is a keyboardist in the five-week Carmel Bach Festival (CA).  She is Artistic Co-Director 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 to 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 by Chamber Music America as one of the ensembles to have changed the face of chamber music in America. Ms. Chatham is pianist in the Lile Piano Trio (www.lilepianotrio.com - click here to visit), along with violinist Patrick Wood Uribe and cellist Adam Grabois.  The trio is Ensemble-in-Residence in the Lile Hall Concert Series at Christ Church in Summit, NJ.  Ms. Chatham is an active performer in the New York area, performing with ensembles such as Riverside Choral Society, Trinity Choir, Summit Chorale, Fuma Sacra, and Westminster Kantorei, as well as with many singers and instrumentalists in recital.  She has been heard on NPR's programs “Performance Today,” “Harmonia,” and “Soundcheck.”

Ms. Chatham is currently a Doctor of Musical Arts candidate in Collaborative Piano at Rutgers University.  She 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 a winnder 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.