Cellist Holly Reeves enjoys a varied career as an orchestral player, chamber musician, and teacher. Holly  has toured with ensembles in Japan, Costa Rica, France, Great Britain, Italy, and the United States. She was a founding member of the Anacapa String Quartet, an ensemble that established a highly-regarded  chamber series in Santa Barbara and gave concerts nationally. As a member of Anacapa, she was a prize  winner at the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition and was twice invited to compete at the Evian International String Quartet Competition. 

Holly is well-known to Olympia audiences as principal cello of the Olympia Symphony. This year marks  her twenty-sixth season with the group. She is also a long-time member of the acclaimed chamber  orchestra Northwest Sinfonietta. Holly has been a featured soloist with the Olympia Symphony and has  appeared many times on the Governor’s Mansion series and the Abbey series at Saint Martin’s  University. She is a sought-after teacher in the area and maintains a busy private studio.  

Originally from the Kansas City area, Holly holds a Bachelor of Music degree from the Eastman School of  Music and a Master of Music degree from the University of California Santa Barbara. She studied with Steven Doane, Ronald Leonard, Geoffrey Rutkowski, and Jean Hassel and participated in the cello master  classes of Janos Starker and Aldo Parisot at the Banff Music Festival. Chamber music coaches include  members of the Colorado, Muir, Cleveland, Julliard, Emerson, and Amadeus quartets. She has recorded  with the Anacapa String Quartet, members of the Ensemble for Contemporary Music at UCSB, pianist  Scott Cossu, and local singer-songwriters.