Harry L Davidson

Office Hours:

Monday and Wednesday 3:45PM - 6:45PM

Education

• Masters of Music, Orchestral Conducting Pacific Lutheran University, 1983
• BA Music Case Western Reserve University, 1978

Awards, Honors, and Distinctions

• Fund Raising/Humanitarian, Beaufort (SC) Memorial Hospital, Duke affiliated Keyserling Cancer Center, March 31, 2007
• Fund Raising/Humanitarian, Beaufort Memorial Hospital, Duke Affiliated Keyserling Cancer Center, March 25, 2006
• Fund Raising/Humanitarian, April 2005

Teaching (Fall 2008):

• Music 49s.01, First-year seminar (top) Synopsis

  Biddle 086, MW 04:25 PM-05:40 PM

• Music 100.01, Symphony orchestra

  Baldwin, MW 07:30 PM-09:30 PM

Recent Professional Work:

• H.L. Davidson. ""Potent Art or Rough Magic: The Conjuring of Musical Tempests"." The Journal of the Mediterranean Studies AssociationMediterranean Studies 15 (Spring, 2007 (came out)): 178 - 189.  [author's comments]

• Harry Davidson. ""Potent Art or Rough Magic: The Conjuring of Musical Tempests"." Mediterranean Studies. Edited by Geraldo U. DeSousa. Manchester University Press vol. 15 2007: 178 - 189.

   Performances:

• The Best of Wagnerites, Baldwin Auditorium, April 09, 2004
  Wagner: Prelude to Act III of Die Meistersinger, Brahms: Symphony No. 2 in D, Featuring: Students Concerto Competition Winners
• From Despair to Hope, Duke Chapel, February 23, 2004
  Brahms: Tragic Overture, Brahms:Eins deutsches Requiem (A German Requiem), Brain Johnson-baritone, Stephanie Northcutt-soprano, and choruses from Campbell University, Elon University, Meredith College, NC State University, and Peace College, and Shaw University.

• Washington Lee Bands, Arlington, VA, Baldwin Auditorium, March 29, 2007
  Master class/clinic for Washington Lee High School of Arlington, Virginia. Commentary and rehearsal of works. 2:00PM - 4:00PM.

• Duke Symphony Orchestra, Baldwin Auditorium, December 07, 2005
  "Germane Germans II" - Weber, Mendelssohn, Schumann, Brahms; Randall Love, soloist
• Duke Symphony Orchestra, Baldwin Auditorium, November 18, 2005
  Annual Concerto Competition
• Duke Symphony Orchestra, Duke Chapel, October 22, 2005
  Parent's Weekend Concert
• Duke Symphony Orchestra, Baldwin Auditorium, October 19, 2005
  "Germane Germans I" - Wagner, Handel, Bach and Beethoven Joseph Robinson and Eric Pritchard, soloists
• Duke Symphony Orchestra, East Campus Quad, September 04, 2005
  "Pops Concert" Outdoor Labor Day Weekend Retreat and Community Concert
• Duke Symphony Orchestra, Baldwin Auditorium, April 16, 2005
  "Prism" - Duke Music Department All Ensembles Concert
• Duke Symphony Orchestra, Baldwin Auditorium, April 13, 2005
  "Inspired Influences - from Old World to New (and back again)" Bartok, Tchaikovsky and Dvorak
• Duke Symphony Orchestra, University of South Carolina at Beaufort, April 02, 2005
  Concert to benefit the Duke affilliated Keyserling Cancer Center of Beaufort Memorial Hospital
• Duke Symphony Orchestra, Baldwin Auditorium, February 23, 2005
  "Riveting Russians" Glinka and Mussorgsky. Brian Johnson, soloist

• The Duke Symphony Orchestra, Baldwin Auditorium, December 05, 2007
  "Fete Francaise Fantastique;" Saint-Saens: Danse Macabre; Faure: Pavane; Debussy: Danses sacree et profane; Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique.
• The Cleveland Institute of Music Opera, Kulas Hall, Cleveland Ohio, November 07, 2007 - November 10, 2007
  "A Celebration of Opera;" Scenes from 10 different operas with the CIM Orchestra in a semi-staged concert production (4 performances) including works by Rossini, Offenbach, Mozart, Beethoven, Massenet, Charpentier, Donizetti, Nicolai, and Richard Strauss.
• The Duke Symphony Orchestra, Duke Chapel, November 03, 2007
  Annual "Parent's Weekend" Concert; Music by Brahms, Faure, Schumann and J. Strauss.
• The Duke Symphony Orchestra, Baldwin Auditorium, October 03, 2007
  "Robert Schumann and Friends;" Brahms: Hungarian Dances Nos. 1,3,10; Mendelssohn: Piano Concerto No. 1 in g minor; Schumann: Symphony No. 2 in C Major.
• The Duke Symphony Orchestra, East Campus Quad, September 03, 2007
  Pops Concert for the Community (DSO retreat weekend); "Music from the Movies" featuring music by Bernstein, and others.
• The Duke Symphony Orchestra, Baldwin Auditorium, April 14, 2007
  Music Department all ensemble "Prism" Concert. Nicolai: Overture to "The Merry Wives of Windsor"
• The Duke Symphony Orchestra, Baldwin Auditorium, April 11, 2007
  "Viennese Connections;" Nicolai: Overture to "The Merry Wives of Windsor;" Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D, 1st movement, with Mingyo Hwang, DSO concerto competition winner; Schubert: Symphony No. 9 in C Major, "The Great"
• The Duke Symphony Orchestra, Beaufort High School Performing Arts Center, March 31, 2007
  Benefit Concert for the Duke affiliated Keyserling Cancer Center of Beaufort Memorial Hospital. Guest performers included the Beaufort, HS Concert Choir.
• The Cleveland Institute of Music Opera, Kulas Hall, Cleveland Ohio, February 28, 2007 - March 03, 2007
  "Die Fledermaus," by Johann Strauss, Jr. Performances (4); The CIM Orchestra and Opera Theatre Department. Guest Conductor.
• The Duke Symphony Orchestra, Baldwin Auditorium, February 14, 2007
  "Anglo-Saxon Synergies;" Abel: Symphony in Eb Major, Op. 7 No. 6; J.C.Bach: Sinfonia Concertante in C Major for flute, oboe, violin and cello; Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3, "Scotch."
• Oberlin College Conservatory of Music, Finney Chapel, Oberlin, Ohio, May 7, 2006
  Brahms: "The Tragic Overture" and "Ein deutsches Requiem" with The Oberlin Orchestra and Oberlin Musical Union
• The Duke Symphony Orchestra, Duke Chapel, October 28, 2006
  Parents' Weekend Concert: Shostakovich, Mozart and J. Strauss
• The Duke Symphony Orchestra, Baldwin Auditorium, December 6, 2006
  "Celebrating the Birthday Boys: Mozart and Shostakovich" (Mozart: Adagio and Fugue and Sinfonia Concertante for Vl. and Vla., and Shostakovich Symphony No. 5
• The Duke Symphony Orchestra, Baldwin Auditorium, April 6 and 8, 2006
  "The Marriage of Figaro" by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, "Drama Giocoso" in 4 Acts (Complete opera sung in Italian in a semi-staged concert version)
• The Duke Symphony Orchestra, Baldwin Auditorium, April 22, 2006
  Duke Music Department Concert ("Prism"). It should be noted that I had to drive back from Oberlin (Ohio), where I was doing a month long residency, just to present the DSO in this 10 minute performance.
• The Duke Symphony Orchestra, West Campus Plaza, September 3, 2006
  Pops Concert for the Community (DSO retreat weekend)
• The Duke Symphony Orchestra, Baldwin Auditorium, October 4, 2006
  "Celebrating the Birthday Boys: Mozart and Shostakovich, featuring the "Festive Overture" and Cello Concerto No. 1 of Shostakovich and the Symphony No. 41 "Jupiter" of Mozart.
• The Duke Symphony Orchestra, Beaufort High School, Performing Arts Center, Beaufort, SC, March 25, 2006
  Benefit Concert for the Duke affiliated Keyserling Cancer Center of Beaufort Memorial Hospital. (For program details, see DSO program for February 15). The Orchestra has raised nearly $67,000 over the past three years through our performances there.
• The Charlotte Symphony Orchestra, Belk Theater/ Blumenthal Performing Arts Center, Charlotte, NC, January 16, 2006
  Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Concert, "Daybreak of Freedom" (Soloists, The Charlottle CommUnity Choir and The Charlottle Symphony); works by Walker, Joplin, Copland, Beethoven, Still, Mendelssohn, and others
• The Cleveland Institute of Music Opera Theater, Kulas Hall, Cleveland, Ohio, February and March 2006
  "The Impresario" by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and "Prima la musica, poi le parole" by Antonio Salieri. Music Director and Conductor. Performances (4) held March 1 through 4.
• The Duke Symphony Orchestra, Baldwin Auditorium, February 15, 2006
  "Happy Birthday, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart;" Mozart: Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550; Ravel Piano Concerto in G major (1st movement) with student concerto competition winner, Ashley Price; Tchaikovsky: Suite No. 4 "Mozartiana"

• Residencies, The Oberlin College Conservatory of Music, April 10, 2006 through May 7, 2006
  Guest Conductor and Professor of Conducting. Lectured conducting classes (orchestral and choral) and taught individual graduate and undergraduate student conductors.

• Other, 2006/12/17
  

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