Meet the Teacher Emerald Holt BCRMT, ARCT, MFA
Emerald Holt is an active performer, artist, and academic scholar who enjoys research in the intersection between visual arts, music and technology. She started her piano career at the age of two and completed her Royal Conservatory of Music ARCT Performance Diploma at the age of nineteen and became a registered music teacher. She has been teaching for over 10 years and served as President of the British Columbia Registered Music Teachers’ Association in Vernon for 4 years consecutively. She completed her Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree from the University of British Columbia in 2018 and shortly after completed her Masters of Fine Arts Degree (interdisciplinary studies) at the University of British Columbia specializing in Visual Music and interactive technology. Emerald was awarded the prestigious Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Scholarship for her thesis research The Voice of the Land in 2019. Emerald is a sessional lecturer at the University of British Columbia, Okanagan, teaching strategies in digital media and virtual worlds.
Credentials and Associations
Master of Fine Arts Degree (Interdisciplinary) University of British Columbia (2021)
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Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree University of British Columbia (2018)
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The Associate of The Royal Conservatory of Toronto Performance Diploma (2015)
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University Sessional Lecturer
Department of Creative Studies, Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies, at the University of British Columbia, Okanagan Campus
(2022-present)
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President of the British Columbia Registered Music Teachers' Association (Vernon Branch) (2020-2024)
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Vice President of the British Columbia Registered Music Teachers' Association (Vernon Branch) (2015-2019)
Board Director at Gallery Vertigo (2018-present)
Graduate Research Assistant at the Centre for Culture and Technology at the University of British Columbia (2018-present)
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Graduate Teaching Assistant at the University of British Columbia (2018-2020
Registered Teacher with the Royal Conservatory of Music (2013-present)
Program Coordinator at the Vernon Community Arts Center (2016)
Group Member of the Arts Council of the North Okanagan (2016-2019)
This research was supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.
Scholarships
UBC University Graduate Fellowship Scholarship- 2019
Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplement Scholarship- 2019/2020
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Scholarship- 2019/2020
Passport to Education- 2018
Graduate Dean's Entrance Scholarship Award for Masters- 2018
Helen Pitt Fund for Fine Arts Program Scholarship- 2017
UBC Deputy-Vice Chancellor Scholarship- 2017
UBC Deputy-Vice Chancellor Scholarship-2016
Helen Pitt Fund for Fine Arts Program Scholarship- 2016
UBC Deputy-Vice Chancellor Scholarship-2015
Helen Pitt Fund for Fine Arts Program Scholarship- 2015
Jack and Lorna Hambleton Memorial Scholarship- 2014
Helen Pitt Fund for Fine Arts Program Scholarship- 2014
Vernon Welsh Society Music Scholarship- 2014
Ministry of Education District Scholarship- 2014
Awards
1st place in Impressionist A.R.C.T RCM 2014 Kelowna Kiwanis Music Festival
1st place in Romantic A.R.C.T RCM 2014 Vernon Registered Music Teachers Festival
1st place in Later 20th/ 21st Century A.R.C.T RCM 2014 Vernon Registered Music Teachers Festival
1st place in Impressionistic A.R.C.T RCM 2014 Vernon Registered Music Teachers Festival
Top Visual Arts Student Vernon Secondary School, 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2013
Life Time Achievement Award Van Niekerk Music School, 2011
Publications
(2021) Thesis - The Voice of the Land: A Performative Visual Music Composition of the Okanagan Valley. . University of British Columbia. Master's Thesis.
Number of Pages: 100
Refereed Contributions
Holt, E. 2019. Personifying the hidden spaces of sound and movement through immersive interactive visual music installations, Humanities Graduate Conference held at Simon Fraser University. (institutional)
Main Audience: Researcher
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Holt, E. 2019. Understanding the metaphoric links between sound and place in nature as a primary influence for interactive visual music installations and performances, Humanities Graduate Conference held at the University of British Columbia, Okanagan. (institutional)
Main Audience: Researcher
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Holt, E. 2019. Visual Music, 2019. Pattern behind the scenes, Interactive Arts Science and Technology network regional meeting, held in the Kelowna Art Gallery and in association with Living Things Conference. (regional)
Main Audience: Researcher
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(2019). Interactive Arts and Science Technology Conference of Western Canada, Kelowna, Canada. (regional)
Main Audience: Researcher
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(2019). Artist Talk. Kelowna Art Gallery, Artist Presentation, Kelowna, Canada. (regional)
Main Audience: Researcher
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(2018). Centre for Culture and Technology Researchers Presentation, Opera Under the Stars, Kelowna, Canada. (institutional)
Main Audience: General Public
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Live Performances in Concert with Emerald Holt
(2021) Piano Concert - art reception. The Rotary Centre for the Arts,
Kelowna, Canada.
Number of Contributors: 1
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(2020) Looks like Sounds - Living Things International Arts Festival. Black Box Theatre,
Kelowna, Canada.
https://www.facebook.com/events/173897123956044?ref=newsfeed
Number of Contributors: 7
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(2019) Patterns - Living Things International Arts Festival. Mary Irwin Theatre, Rotary
Centre for the Arts, Kelowna, Canada.
https://rotarycentreforthearts.com/event/patterns/?spektrix_bounce=true
Number of Contributors: 10
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(2018) Aeon - Living Things International Arts Festival. Black Box Theatre.
Number of Contributors: 5
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(2018) Merry Musical Night. Gallery Vertigo, Vernon, BC.
Number of Contributors: 5
(2014) Principle Pianist. Paul Moore and Friends. Vernon Performing Art Centre.
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