James Nathaniel Holland is an American classical music composer of operas, symphonies, ballets, songs, and other musical concertworks that incorporate a unique, eclectic, blend of romantic, classical, world and jazz styles.
Born and raised in Indiana, he studied music at DePauw University, Vienna Austria, Interlochen National Music Camp and Indiana University (Bloomington, IN). Active in Los Angeles and New York, he performed professionally sometimes as a singer, sometimes as a pianist, sometimes as choral conductor. In 2002 he founded a composers collective where they showcased their work. The New Jersey Concert Opera and the Gay Men’s Chorus of New Jersey also featured his comic operas and art songs.
In 2005 he moved to Costa Rica where he organized concerts with visiting guest artists. In July 2023, his operatic farce "The Discontented Housewife" was televised (in Czech) on Czech Public Television station, TvNoE. He currently resides in the US.