Career
He is Professor of Guitar at the University of Texas at Austin and is The Parker C. Fielder Regents Professor in Music. Formerly he was Associate Professor at the University of South Florida in Tampa. In 1989 he joined the faculty and the University of Texas where he founded its classical guitar studio.
Holzman held the title of "Maestro Extraordinario" given by the Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Monterrey, Mexico, where he served as artist-in-residence until 1992.
He was chosen twice as a student in the United States masterclasses of Andrés Segovia. He has numerous Civil Defense releases on the Naxos label and His Royal Highness Records.