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

• Keyserling Cancer Center, Beaufort (SC) Memorial Hospital, Duke affiliated Keyserling Cancer Center, March 25-27, 2011
• NOMINATION: 2009 Alumni Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching Award, Duke Alumni Association, May 1, 2009
• Keyserling Cancer Center, Beaufort (SC) Memorial Hospital, Duke affiliated Keyserling Cancer Center, March, 2008
• 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 (Spring 2012):

• Music 49s.01, Drama through music Synopsis

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

• Music 100.01, Symphony orchestra Synopsis

  Biddle 019, MW 07:30 PM-09:30 PM

Recent Professional Work:

• H.L. Davidson. ""Eclectic Notes"." Duke Magazine 95.3 (May-June, 2009): 2. for special 25th (Silver) anniversary edition  [abs]
• 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:

• Durham Public Schools Strings Festival, Baldwin Auditorium, March 11, 2011
  Guest Conductor for Annual Festival
• Duke Symphony Orchestra, Parent's Weekend Concert, Duke Chapel, October 24, 2009
  
• Duke Symphony Orchestra, East Campus Quad, September 06, 2009
  Annual Labor Day Pops Concert for Community
• North Carolina Symphony, Maymandi Concert Hall, May 17, 2009
  Cover Conductor
• Duke Symphony Orchestra, Beaufort High School Performing Arts Center, March 28, 2009
  Benefit Concert for Beaufort Memorial Hospital's Keyserling Cancer Center: Haydn and Mendelssohn
• Durham Symphony Orchestra, Emily K Center, March 21, 2009
  Haydn, Brahms and Mendelsson
• Durham Symphony Orchestra, Baldwin Auditorium, February 08, 2009
  Guest Conductor: Classical Concert: Haydn, Sibelius, Saint Saens, Brahms

• The Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra, Severance Hall, Cleveland Ohio, October 29, 2011
  Four hour class: conducting, coaching, working with the students of the ensemble on music by Brahms and Dvorak; invited by CO assistant conductor, James Feddeck
• Master Classes, Cleveland Institute of Music, Mixon Recital Hall, February 15, 2011
  "Mozartian Style for Singers": a two hour masterclass on Mozart style for singers. This class involved the entire voice department of CIM (55 student singers in addition to faculty and observers)

• Artistic Direction, The Cleveland Institute of Music, Kulas Hall, Cleveland Ohio, February 23 - 26, 2011 (4 performances)
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "La Finta Giardiniera," opera in 3 acts sung in Italian, Music Director and Conductor
• The Cleveland Institute of Music Opera, Kulas Hall, Cleveland Ohio, November 9 - 12, 2010 (4 performances)
  Jules Massenet: "Cendrillon" opera in 4 acts, sung in French. Music Director and Conductor
• Duke Symphony Orchestra, J.R. Reynolds Theater, December 07, 2011
  Concert including works by Boyce, Mahler, Liszt and Brahms
• Duke Symphony Orchestra, J.R. Reynolds Theater, October 05, 2011
  All Beethoven program including: Overture to Coriolon, The Triple Concerto and Symphony No. 6, the Pastoral
• Duke Symphony Orchestra, Duke University, East Campus Quad, September 04, 2011
  Annual Labor Day Weekend POPS concert for the community featuring music by Vaughan Williams, Copland, Brahms, and selections from movies and musicals
• Oberlin Chamber Orchestra, Musical Union, Chamber Choir, College Choir, Finney Chapel, Oberlin College Conservatory of Music, May 08, 2011
  Guest Conductor; all Mozart: "Ave verum corpus," (K. 618); Symphony No. 39 in Eb, (K. 543);and the Requiem in D minor (in the edition by Robert Levin), K. 626
• Duke Symphony Orchestra, Baldwin Auditorium, April 13, 2011
  Concert featuring works by Percy Grainger and Gustav Mahler: Rückert Lieder and Symphony No. 4 in G
• Duke Symphony Orchestra, Beaufort High School Performing Arts Center, March 26, 2011
  Tour Concert to Beaufort, SC featuring works by MacDowell, Liszt, Hovhaness, and J. Strauss
• Duke Symphony Orchestra, Baldwin Auditorium, March 16, 2011
  Concert featuring the works of Hovhaness, MacDowel, Beethoven and Liszt
• Artistic Direction, Duke University, Baldwin Auditorium, December 08, 2010
  The Duke Symphony Orchestra; "Celebrating the Music of Samuel Barber" on the 100 anniversary of his birth; Music Director and Conductor
• Artistic Direction, The Cleveland Institute of Music, Kulas Hall, Cleveland Ohio, February 24 - 27, 2010 (4 performances)
  Richard Strauss, "Ariadne auf Naxos, " opera in two acts; libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal; The Cleveland Institute of Music opera Theater, Music Director and Conductor; Cleveland Premiere
• Artistic Direction, Duke University, Baldwin Auditorium, March 18, 20, 2010
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "Cosi fan Tutte," opera in two acts; libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte; The Duke Symphony Orchestra with guest artists; Music Director and Conductor; Producer
• Artistic Direction, The Cleveland Institute of Music, Kulas Hall, Cleveland Ohio, November 17 - 20, 2010 (4 performances)
  George Frideric Handel: "Xerxes," opera in 3 acts ("Serse"); The Cleveland Institute of Music Opera Theater; Music Director and Conductor.
• Artistic Direction, Duke University, Baldwin Auditorium, November 22, 2010
  The Duke Symphony Orchestra Annual Concerto Competition
• Artistic Direction, Duke University, Duke Chapel, October 23, 2010
  The Duke Symphony Orchestra; "Parents' and Family Weekend Concert;" featuring works by Schumann, Barber and J. Strauss
• Artistic Direction, Duke University, Baldwin Auditorium, October 06, 2010
  The Duke Symphony Orchestra: "Is that 'Schumann' with one 'N' or two?"; featuring works by Robert Schumann, Charles Ives and William Schuman
• Artistic Direction, Duke University, East Campus Quad, September 05, 2010
  The Duke Symphony Orchestra, Annual Labor Day Pops Program; a concert of traditional pops favorites for the Duke Community featuring music from movies, musicals, patriotic and light classical works.
• Artistic Direction, Duke University, Baldwin Auditorium, April 21, 2010
  The Duke Symphony Orchestra; "Happy 200th Birthday, Robert Schumann," works by Brahms, Victor Herbert, and Robert Schumann
• Artistic Direction, The Arts Center at Beaufort High School, Beaufort, South Carolina, March 27, 2010
  The Duke Symphony Orchestra; annual benefit concert for the Keyserling Cancer Center, Beaufort Memorial Hospital and Healing Arts Program; Music Director and Conductor
• The Cleveland Institute of Music Opera, Kulas Hall, Cleveland Ohio, February 25 - 28, 2009 (4 performances)
  "Lo Speziale" by Joseph Haydn and "Suor Angelica" by Giacomo Puccini
• The Cleveland Institute of Music Opera, Kulas Hall, Cleveland Ohio, November 11 - 14, 2009 (4 performances)
  Humperdinck: "Hansel and Gretel" (Act 1): Weber: "Der Freischutz" (Act 2); Verdi: "La Traviata" (Acts 3 and 4).
• Duke Symphony Orchestra, Baldwin Auditorium, December 02, 2009
  Music of Purcell, Handel, Haydn, and Beethoven; Darrett Adkins, cello soloist
• Duke Symphony Orchestra, Baldwin Auditorium, September 30, 2009
  The Mendelssohn Anniversary Celebration Continues! All Mendelssohn program featuring R. Larry Todd's reconstruction of the 3rd piano concerto and his edition of the 1st version of the violin concerto
• Duke Symphony Orchestra; Incidental Dreaming: Hearing Shakespeare, Seeing Mendelssohn in "A Midsummer Night's Dream", Baldwin Auditorium, April 15, 2009
  A presentation of Shakespeare's play with Mendelssohn's Incidental Music; with the Antic Skhakespeare Co., Jay O'Berski, director, The Durham Children's Choir and soloists jung Oh and Teresa Buchholz
• The Duke Symphony Orchestra, Baldwin Auditorium, March 04, 2009
  "Salute to Papa" (Commemorating the 200th Anniversary of the death of Joseph Haydn); Symphonies 45 and 104 plus "Africamerica" by Anthony Kelley and the Korngold Violin Concerto
• The Cleveland Institute of Music Opera, Kulas Hall, Cleveland Ohio, November 12 - 15, 2008
  Opera Production: "Beatrice et Benedict" by Hector Berlioz. (4 performances). CIM Orchestra and Opera Theater: Music Director and Conductor.
• The Duke Symphony Orchestra, Baldwin Auditorium, April 18 and 20, 2008
  Opera: "Hansel and Gretel" Complete semi-staged concert version.
• The Duke Symphony Orchestra, Baldwin Auditorium, November 21, 2008
  Concerto Competition
• The Duke Symphony Orchestra, Duke Chapel, October 25, 2008
  Parent's Weekend Concert: Music by Vorisek and Dvorak
• The Duke Symphony Orchestra, Baldwin Auditorium, October 08, 2008
  "'Czech' This Out!" featuring music by Vorisek, Stamic, Dvorak
• The Duke Symphony Orchestra, East Campus Quad, August 31, 2008
  Annual Labor Day Pops Concert featuring music from films, musicals and other light classical fare.
• The Duke Symphony Orchestra, Baldwin Auditorium, April 12, 2008
  "Prism" Concert for Duke University Alumni Weekend. Music by Humperdinck
• The Duke Symphony Orchestra, Beaufort High School Performing Arts Center, March 29, 2008
  Benefit Concert for the Keyserling Cancer Center of Beaufort Memorial Hospital featuring works by Bach, Brahms, Faure and Humperdinck
• The Duke Symphony Orchestra, Baldwin Auditorium, March 05, 2008
  "The Three Bs?": Music by Beethoven, Barber and Bernstein

• Duke Symphony Orchestra, Annual Concerto Auditions, Duke University, Bone Hall, Biddle Music Building, November 18, 2011
  Concerto Auditions 1:00- 5:00PM; Jury chair

• Oberlin College Conservatory of Music, Oberlin, Ohio, April 18 through May 8, 2011
  Guest Conductor, Oberlin Chamber Orchestra; conducting class, and discussions with students and faculty