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\"Bryan<\/a>Known for his artistic versatility, cellist Bryan Holt has performed on three continents and appeared in numerous alternative venues. He has been described as \u201c\u2026a rising young cellist imbued with passion, daring and a faultless technique. Not to be missed!\u201d As a chamber musician Bryan appears regularly with Pocket Concerts, Uccello and the Thin Edge New Music Collective. He has recently performed with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Esprit Orchestra, Soundstreams Canada and the Group of 27 as well as numerous other ensembles in Ontario. Bryan is currently pursuing a Doctorate of Music in Cello Performance at the University of Toronto. He is highly sought after as a teacher and maintains a private studio in the downtown core of Toronto while also visiting several schools as a guest coach.<\/p>\n

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Known for his artistic versatility, cellist Bryan Holt has performed on three continents and appeared in numerous alternative venues. He has been described as \u201c\u2026a rising young cellist imbued with passion, daring and a faultless technique. Not to be missed!\u201d As a chamber musician Bryan appears regularly with Pocket Concerts, Uccello and the Thin Edge […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":415,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2,7],"tags":[16,36],"class_list":["post-407","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alumni","category-music","tag-16","tag-musician"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.esainfo.ca\/esaalumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Bryan-Holt.jpg?fit=640%2C429&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8vWl8-6z","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":332,"url":"https:\/\/www.esainfo.ca\/esaalumni\/felix-deak\/","url_meta":{"origin":407,"position":0},"title":"Felix Deak","author":"maestra","date":"April 6, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"As well as being a founding member of I FURIOSI Baroque Ensemble, baroque cellist and viola da gambist Felix Deak showcases his career as a freelance musician with orchestras and chamber ensembles, including Toronto's Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Les Voix Humaines and Opera Atelier. 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