Doug Davis, Composer
Education
University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee B.M. in Composition, summa cum laude, Phi Kappa Phi, 1969
Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts M.A. in Music Composition, 1971
Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts Ph.D. in Music Composition, 1979
Honors and Fellowships
University of Tennessee:
Honor Scholarship (1966-1969); David Van Vactor Composition Award (1967-1968); Knoxville Symphony Orchestra Scholarship (1968-1969); memberships in Phi Kappa Phi, Phi Kappa Lambda
Harvard University:
Woodrow Wilson Fellowship (1969-1970); Graduate Prize in Composition (1969, 1970, 1972, 1973); Paine Traveling Fellowship (1971)
CUNY, New York City:
NEH Fellowship Seminar for College Teachers given by Leo Kraft in Summer of 1979
California State University, Bakersfield:
Comtemporary Recording Society (C.R.S.) award and selection for recording of composition of Love Letter (1985)
California State University, Bakersfield Alumni Professor of the Year (1986-1987)niversity, Baker
Biography
The Director of the Cal State Bakersfield Jazz Program and organizer of the Bakersfield Jazz Festival is Doug Davis, professor of music. Davis received his Bachelor of Music at the University of Tennessee, graduating summa cum laude and Phi Kappa Phi., and continued his studies at Harvard University, receiving his M.A. and Ph.D. in musical composition.
While at Harvard, Davis studied composition with Earl Kim, Leon
Kirchner, Lukas Foss and Arthur Berger and was selected by Leonard Bernstein to be the student
representative for the Norton Lectures Discussion Group. In
addition, Davis received the Harvard Graduate Prize in
composition four of the five years of his residency. He is the
winner of numerous fellowships, including the Woodrow Wilson
Fellowship, National Endowment of the Humanities Fellowship, and
the Paine Traveling Fellowship. His compositions have also been
awarded the Contemporary Recording Society Composition Prize,
Knoxville Symphony, David Van Vactor, and Delyz Composition for
Dance Prize. His compositions "Love Letter" for voice
is released on C.R.S. records and "Token" for voice and
orchestra is presently under contract for recording. His
composition, "Psalm for an Orange Angel" for orchestra
was recently recorded and performed by the Hungarian Symphony
Orchestra in Budapest under the direction of Matyas Antal.
Among the jazz artists who have recorded his works on various
labels are Chick Corea, Bennie Wallace, Eddie
Gomez, Larry Coryell, Dannie Richmond and Steve Marcus. In
addition, Davis has performed in concert with numerous jazz
recording artists including Michael Brecker, Freddie Hubbard, Bob
Mintzer, Bobby Shew, Pete Christlieb, Glen Moore, Jack Six and
John Dearth.
Davis was named Professor of the Year in 1987 by the Alumni
Association and was awarded the honor of Outstanding Professor
for California State University, Bakersfield in 1989. He was also
awarded the Arts Council award for outstanding creative
achievement in music in 1997.
Email : jddavis@lightspeed.net