Lee Holland

Performance Psychology Coach

Originally from London, Lee Holland has a successful and varied freelance career involving performing and performance psychology coaching throughout the UK. Currently as a freelance orchestral flute player Lee performs regularly with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Orchestra of Scottish Opera and Orchestra of Scottish Ballet.

Solo broadcasts have included the performance of contemporary composer Charlotte Seither's solo work Seul Avec des Ombres, for a pre-prom concert on Radio 3.

Further performances have combined International touring in India with the multi-genre European Concert Orchestra supporting the band Coldplay at the Global Citizen Festival, and playing principal flute on European tour with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and chief conductor Maxim Emelyanychev in 2022.

A passionate advocate and performer of chamber music, in 2018 she was invited to join the board of Chamber Music Scotland to support the growth of Scottish Chamber Music. Lee currently performs with Sasha Savaloni (guitar) in the Holland Savaloni Duo.

Lee is hugely dedicated to supporting performing artists and works as a peak performance psychology specialist with arts professionals, and undergraduate and postgraduate students at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and beyond.

She holds an MSc in Performance Psychology from Edinburgh University as well as a Masters in Performance (Distinction) from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Postgraduate Professional Coaching Certificate and an Executive Coaching qualification accredited by the International Coaching Federation (ICF) through Full Circle Global, Edinburgh.

Lee is qualified to teach both Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) and Mindfulness-Based Living course (MBLC) curriculums. Her teaching certificates are from the Centre of Mindfulness Research and Practice, Bangor and the Mindfulness Association, Scotland.

Currently Lee regularly lectures at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland on two degree accredited modules ‘Mindfulness for Well-Being and Performance’, and ‘Mental Skills Training for the Performer’.