Michele has conducted All State and Regional Festivals in Connecticut, New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Florida and has been clinician to numerous choral adjudication festivals, including the Manhattan Choral Festival and East Tennessee Vocal Association.  She has been an active adjudicator for All State auditions throughout the New England area and has been a clinician at both state and divisional conferences.  Michele has presented sessions at several state and regional conferences, most recently at the MENC National Convention held in Minneapolis, MN.

            At Providence College, Michele is Program Coordinator for Music Education while also directing two select choirs in addition to the Providence College Women's Chorus.  Michele instructs Conducting, Secondary Choral Methods in Music Education and Student Teacher Supervision.  Under her direction, the Providence College Touring Choir has toured throughout the Eastern United States and Europe including Vienna, Budapest, Prague, London, Paris and Brugge.  Most recently, the Touring Choir has been invited as one of the official choirs selected to represent the United States during a year long celebration of the diplomatic ties between Russia and the United States and will perform in Moscow and St. Petersburg during May 2007.

            Dr. Holt played an important role in the writing and development of the Music Education program at Providence College, a new program for the college as of 1999.  From 1999-2001, she served on the Program Approval Committee with members of the Education Department to help revise the college’s Education program to meet the new state guidelines in teacher certification.  Her state commitment to Music Education has led her to play an active role with the Rhode Island Music Educators where she has coordinated many state choral festivals, reading sessions and clinics and is currently serving as President for RIMEA.  Previous to her work at Providence College, Michele was Director of Choral Activities at Stonington High School for twenty-four years where she was selected as 1996-97 Teacher of the Year for the school district.  The Stonington High School Concert Choir, under her direction, received outstanding awards.

            Prior to accepting her position at Providence College Michele Holt was director of the Schola Cantorum at Brown University and Special Lecturer at Hartt School of Music.  Under her direction, the Mystic River Chorale, a community chorus based in Mystic, Connecticut, received regional recognition.  During the past eight summers, she has directed both the United States Youth Chorale and the Mystic River Chorale on tours throughout Europe.  For the past six years, her summer schedule now includes directing the Providence College Summer High School Vocal Institute which attracts about 100 talented students from Maine to Virginia.

            Michele is a very active member of the American Choral Directors Association.  She is Past President of both Rhode Island and Eastern Division.  As President of Rhode Island ACDA, she was instrumental in helping to establish ACDA’s visibility at RI state conferences by providing ACDA-sponsored choral clinics and reading sessions in the state.  As President of the Eastern Division, Michele acted as coordinator for the highly successful Eastern Division Convention held in Providence, RI in 1998.   Beginning in 1986, Michele has served on eight consecutive division convention planning committees including conventions held in Philadelphia, Boston, Washington, Baltimore and Providence.

            Michele is currently the National Past President for the American Choral Directors Association.  She has chaired numerous ACDA committees for both the Connecticut and Rhode Island chapters of ACDA, including Assistant Convention Chair for the National ACDA Convention held in San Antonio, Texas in March 2001.  As President-Elect, Michele served as Convention Chair for the 2005 National Convention held in Los Angeles.  

            Michele resides in Coventry, Rhode Island with her patient husband, Barry and her boxer, Dakota.  During the summers, you can find them relaxing while sailing in Narragansett Bay.