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Carl Holmquist

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Carl Holmquist

Biography

Carl Holmquist (b. 30 April 1983, Mayaguez, Puerto Rico) is an American composer, conductor, and music educator.

Mr. Holmquist earned a BM in music education from St. Olaf College, where he studied conducting and composition with Timothy Mahr and Steven Amundson. He also earned a MM in instrumental conducting from George Mason University, where he studied with Mark Camphouse and Anthony Maiello. He is the director of bands at the H-B Woodlawn Secondary Program in Arlington, Va., where he teaches concert bands, jazz band, and music theory.

As a composer, he has written numerous works for concert band, chamber ensembles, and vocal ensembles, and has been commissioned by middle school, high school, and community ensembles across the country. Holmquist contributed a chapter to Volume 4 of the Composers on Composing for Band series, edited by Mark Camphouse and published by GIA Publications. He was also named a finalist in the 2009 Frank Ticheli Composition Contest for his piece, Salaam. He was one of three composers to participate in the 2008 Young Composer Mentor Project, sponsored by the National Band Association. Holmquist also received first prize in the 2006 Claude T. Smith Memorial Composition Contest for his work, Play!

Mr. Holmquist is the director of bands at the H-B Woodlawn Secondary Program in Arlington, Va., where he teaches concert bands, jazz band, and music theory. In addition to his work at H-B Woodlawn, he maintains an active schedule serving as guest composer, conductor and clinician for school, community and honor ensembles and has presented at the Midwest International Band and Orchestra Clinic.


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