Noted for her “beautiful tone and vibrato,” Kristen Holritz makes her home on stage as a remarkably versatile flutist. Ms. Holritz made her solo debut with the United States Air Force Band in 2005 as winner of the Colonel George S. Howard Young Artist Competition. In 2008 she soloed with the University of North Carolina School of the Arts Symphony Orchestra, and in spring of 2013 was featured as a concerto competition winner with the University of Georgia Symphony Orchestra, winner of the Atlanta Flute Club Young Artist Competition, and received third prize in the MidSouth Flute Festival Young Artist Competition. Previous orchestral summer engagements have included the Festival Institute at Round Top, the MasterWorks Festival and National Music Festival.

In the fall of 2013 Ms. Holritz was pleased to accept the Principal Flute position with the Chattanooga Symphony & Opera. In addition to her orchestral responsibilities, she appears with the  CSO Wind Quintet in schools across Tennessee, Georgia, and Alabama in an effort to engage and enrich the community through music. Ms. Holritz also performs extensively with Schaafritz, a duo with her husband, violinist Josh Holritz. Schaafritz has performed across the United States and went on tour to Japan twice with musicians from The Juilliard School.

Equally invested as a teacher, Ms. Holritz served as Adjunct Flute Professor at Truett-McConnell College from 2012-2014. She currently teaches privately out of her home and through select schools in the Chattanooga area.

Kristen Holritz holds a Bachelor Degree in Flute Performance from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts and a Master Degree in Flute Performance from The Juilliard School. Her primary teachers include Tadeu Coelho, Robert Langevin, and Angela Jones-Reus, with additional study with Gretchen Pusch and Carol Wincenc.

Visit Kristen’s website at kristenholritz.com