Dr. Holly Bewlay received her vocal training at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, MA, where she received a B.M. Dr. Bewlay then completed her M.M. and D.M.A. at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, NY.

She is a SUNY Applied Learning fellow, a SUNY Service-Learning fellow, and won a Carnegie Academy for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning(CASTL) fellowship.   

Presently she serves as a professor in music at Buffalo State University. At the university, she coordinates the voice program, teaches applied voice, and vocal pedagogy. She was awarded as a faculty of an Outstanding Undergraduate Course for Service Learning from the Civic Engagement Office of Buffalo State University, and Educator of the Year from OperaBuff, NY.

She has served as a co-artistic director, stage director of an opera workshop program, Cadenza Workshop, and collaborated as an artist for Professional Development of Arts Educators in Buffalo. Dr. Bewlay is an active researcher in Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) and the author to “Building Healthy Vocal Habits” in The First-Year Music Major Strategies for Success by Routledge. Her research in SoTL includes “Using an Assessment Rubric as a Tool to Increase Student Motivation in Applied Voice,” and “Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in the Arts.” Currently she is serving as a performing artist, a co-founder, and a co-director for Tormenta D’Amore, a female baroque music ensemble.

Korean American soprano, Holly Bewlay has performed numerous solo engagements with opera companies, orchestras, universities, chamber ensembles, and arts organizations.