Rich Holly
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Rich Holly is the Dean of the College of Visual and Performing Arts at Northern Illinois University and has been a Professor of Percussion at NIU since 1983. Rich was a founding member of the Abraxas Percussion Group, and has performed with the Long Island Holiday Festival Orchestra, the Lyric Opera of New York, and the North Carolina Symphony. For eleven seasons, Rich was the timpanist of the Illinois Chamber Symphony. As a drumset artist, Rich has appeared with Allen Vizzutti, John Fedchock, Dave Samuels, Bill Molenhof, Ethel Merman, Red Skelton, Bob McGrath and Sesame Street, and for 16 years Rich played drumset and percussion with Inner City recording artists Rhythmic Union. From 1986 to 2002, he was the Associate Editor for Percussive Notes and then PAS President in 2005 and 2006. He is sponsored by Yamaha Music Corporation of America, Sabian Cymbals, Ltd., and Innovative Percussion sticks and mallets, and is a member of the Latin Percussion Educational Advisory Board.

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