He was formerly the Duluth Symphony’s principal violist and conductor of the Duluth Youth Orchestra. Mr. Holland is an active chamber musician, was a member of the Aurora String Quintet, and has collaborated with the New World String Quartet and the Stradivari Quartet. His guest conducting and clinician appointments have taken him to many areas of the United States and to South America, including The National Youth Orchestras of Costa Rica and Columbia. Guest conducting has been also to all county, district, regional, state and tri-state Honors Orchestras in twenty five states. He served as Music Director and Conductor of the Traverse Symphony Orchestra and Traverse Youth Symphony. Recently he presented viola master classes at the University of Michigan, the Cleveland Institute of Music, and the Eastman School of Music.

The Juilliard School, the Cleveland Institute of Music, the University of Michigan, Eastman School of Music, Arizona State University, the University of Colorado, the University of Iowa School Of Music, the University of Alabama and the Hartt School of Music are among the prominent schools that have hosted him as a guest presenter of viola master classes. Mr. Holland acted as visiting viola instructor for the University of Iowa and Louisiana State University. Just as plentiful are his summer musical engagements, which have taken place at many festivals around the country. Most recently, David was on the faculty of the North American Viola Institute, the Interlochen Viola Institute, the Interlochen Arts Camp, and was a guest artist at Perlman Music Program. Other festivals included many years at the Quartet Program and longtime Director of the Ithaca Chamber Music Festival.