Raymond Harvey, Conductor
RESUME
PRESENT POSITIONS
1999 - Music Director, Kalamazoo Symphony
PREVIOUS POSITIONS
2007-2009 Artistic Director, El Paso Opera
1995-2007 Music Director, El Paso Opera
1993-2000 Music Director, Fresno Philharmonic
1986-1994 Music Director, Springfield Symphony (Massachusetts)
1983-1986 Associate Conductor, Buffalo Philharmonic
1980-1983 Exxon/Arts Endowment Conductor, Indianapolis Symphony
1982-1986 Music Director, Marion (Indiana) Philharmonic
1979-1980 Music Director, Texas Opera Theater
1976-1980 Associate Conductor, Des Moines Metro Opera
1973-1976 Choral Director, Northfield Mount Hermon School
GUEST CONDUCTING ENGAGEMENTS
2010 National High School Honors Orchestra
Texas Music Education Association--All State Orchestra
2008 Orquestra Sinfónica Nacional (Costa Rica)
2007 Boise Philharmonic
Fort Wayne Philharmonic
Fresno Grand Opera
2006 Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra
2005 Flint Symphony
Mobile Symphony
2004 Texas Music Festival Orchestra
2003 Louisiana Philharmonic
2002 San Jose Chamber Orchestra
2001-2005 Philadelphia Orchestra
1994 Saint Louis Symphony
San Diego Symphony
1993 Phoenix Symphony
Rochester Philharmonic
Utah Symphony
1992 Atlanta Symphony
1990 Boston Pops
1990-1992 Minnesota Orchestra
1990, 1993 San Antonio Symphony
1989-1993 Louisville Orchestra
1989, 1991, 2001 Indianapolis Symphony
1989 Houston Symphony
1987, 1989 New York Philharmonic
1987-1994, 1997 Buffalo Philharmonic
1983-1992, 2000-01 Detroit Symphony
OPERA CONDUCTING ENGAGEMENTS
Des Moines Metro Opera
Ariadne auf Naxos, Rigoletto, Il Trovatore, Don Pasquale
El Paso Opera
Aida, La Boheme, Carmen, Cosi Fan Tutte, Cavalleria Rusticana, Pagliacci,
Faust, Don Giovanni, Madama Butterfly, Romeo and Juliet, Samson and Delilah,
Lucia di Lammermoor, The Tales of Hoffmann, Tosca, The Marriage of Figaro, Turandot,
La Traviata, Il Trittico, Il Trovatore, and The Magic Flute
Fresno Philharmonic
Tosca, Carmen, La Traviata
Greater Buffalo Opera
Aida, Lucia di Lammermoor
Houston Grand Opera
La Grande Duchesse de Gerolstein
Indiana University Opera Theatre
The Mikado
Indianapolis Opera
The Barber of Seville
Juilliard Opera
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Kalamazoo Symphony
Faust, The Magic Flute, Rigoletto, La Boheme, Turandot
Opera Idaho
Madama Butterfly
Radio City Music Hall Production
Porgy and Bess
Springfield Symphony
Carmen, La Boheme
Texas Opera Theater
Hansel and Gretel, The Barber of Seville, Cosi Fan Tutte, Madama Butterfly, Rita
University of Buffalo Opera Theatre
The Rape of Lucretia
Yale University
Burning Bright (world premiere)
EDUCATION
Yale School of Music DMA 1984; MMA 1978
Oberlin Conservatory MMus 1973; BMus 1973
GUEST ARTISTS
American Brass Quintet
Leon Bates, piano
Joshua Bell, violin
Carter Brey, cello
Yefim Bronfman, piano
Stephanie Chase, violin
Bella Davidovich, piano
Renée Fleming, soprano
Ingrid Fliter, piano
Aretha Franklin, star
Lynn Harrell, cello
Marilyn Horne, mezzo-soprano
Sharon Isbin, guitar
Benny Kim, violin
Erie Mills, soprano
Shlomo Mintz, violin
Paul Neubauer, viola
Nokothula Ngwenyama, viola
Murray Perahia, piano
Itzhak Perlman, violin
Michala Petri, recorder
Awadagin Pratt, piano
Sharon Robinson, cello
Andre-Michel Schub, piano
Janos Starker, cello
Indra Thomas, soprano
Nova Thomas, soprano
Andre Watts, piano
1999 - Music Director, Kalamazoo Symphony
PREVIOUS POSITIONS
2007-2009 Artistic Director, El Paso Opera
1995-2007 Music Director, El Paso Opera
1993-2000 Music Director, Fresno Philharmonic
1986-1994 Music Director, Springfield Symphony (Massachusetts)
1983-1986 Associate Conductor, Buffalo Philharmonic
1980-1983 Exxon/Arts Endowment Conductor, Indianapolis Symphony
1982-1986 Music Director, Marion (Indiana) Philharmonic
1979-1980 Music Director, Texas Opera Theater
1976-1980 Associate Conductor, Des Moines Metro Opera
1973-1976 Choral Director, Northfield Mount Hermon School
GUEST CONDUCTING ENGAGEMENTS
2010 National High School Honors Orchestra
Texas Music Education Association--All State Orchestra
2008 Orquestra Sinfónica Nacional (Costa Rica)
2007 Boise Philharmonic
Fort Wayne Philharmonic
Fresno Grand Opera
2006 Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra
2005 Flint Symphony
Mobile Symphony
2004 Texas Music Festival Orchestra
2003 Louisiana Philharmonic
2002 San Jose Chamber Orchestra
2001-2005 Philadelphia Orchestra
1994 Saint Louis Symphony
San Diego Symphony
1993 Phoenix Symphony
Rochester Philharmonic
Utah Symphony
1992 Atlanta Symphony
1990 Boston Pops
1990-1992 Minnesota Orchestra
1990, 1993 San Antonio Symphony
1989-1993 Louisville Orchestra
1989, 1991, 2001 Indianapolis Symphony
1989 Houston Symphony
1987, 1989 New York Philharmonic
1987-1994, 1997 Buffalo Philharmonic
1983-1992, 2000-01 Detroit Symphony
OPERA CONDUCTING ENGAGEMENTS
Des Moines Metro Opera
Ariadne auf Naxos, Rigoletto, Il Trovatore, Don Pasquale
El Paso Opera
Aida, La Boheme, Carmen, Cosi Fan Tutte, Cavalleria Rusticana, Pagliacci,
Faust, Don Giovanni, Madama Butterfly, Romeo and Juliet, Samson and Delilah,
Lucia di Lammermoor, The Tales of Hoffmann, Tosca, The Marriage of Figaro, Turandot,
La Traviata, Il Trittico, Il Trovatore, and The Magic Flute
Fresno Philharmonic
Tosca, Carmen, La Traviata
Greater Buffalo Opera
Aida, Lucia di Lammermoor
Houston Grand Opera
La Grande Duchesse de Gerolstein
Indiana University Opera Theatre
The Mikado
Indianapolis Opera
The Barber of Seville
Juilliard Opera
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Kalamazoo Symphony
Faust, The Magic Flute, Rigoletto, La Boheme, Turandot
Opera Idaho
Madama Butterfly
Radio City Music Hall Production
Porgy and Bess
Springfield Symphony
Carmen, La Boheme
Texas Opera Theater
Hansel and Gretel, The Barber of Seville, Cosi Fan Tutte, Madama Butterfly, Rita
University of Buffalo Opera Theatre
The Rape of Lucretia
Yale University
Burning Bright (world premiere)
EDUCATION
Yale School of Music DMA 1984; MMA 1978
Oberlin Conservatory MMus 1973; BMus 1973
GUEST ARTISTS
American Brass Quintet
Leon Bates, piano
Joshua Bell, violin
Carter Brey, cello
Yefim Bronfman, piano
Stephanie Chase, violin
Bella Davidovich, piano
Renée Fleming, soprano
Ingrid Fliter, piano
Aretha Franklin, star
Lynn Harrell, cello
Marilyn Horne, mezzo-soprano
Sharon Isbin, guitar
Benny Kim, violin
Erie Mills, soprano
Shlomo Mintz, violin
Paul Neubauer, viola
Nokothula Ngwenyama, viola
Murray Perahia, piano
Itzhak Perlman, violin
Michala Petri, recorder
Awadagin Pratt, piano
Sharon Robinson, cello
Andre-Michel Schub, piano
Janos Starker, cello
Indra Thomas, soprano
Nova Thomas, soprano
Andre Watts, piano