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Faculty Nathan Davis
Professor of Music 130 Music Building FieldsJazz, African American Music Director, University of Pittsburgh Jazz Ensemble TeachingHistory of Jazz; African American Music; Jazz Improvisation; Jazz Arranging; Saxophone. Selected Honors/AwardsFord Foundation Grants to establish the University of Pittsburgh International Academy of Jazz, 1999, 2000, 2002 Ford Foundation Grant to establish the University of Pittsburgh Jazz Outreach Program, 2003 Robert M. Frankel Award of City Theatre, Pittsburgh, 1995 Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Fellowship, 1984 Selected PublicationsWritings in Jazz (6 th ed., Kendall/Hunt, 2002) African American Music in Society (Simon & Schuster Custom Publ., 1996) International Jazz Archives Journal, founder and editor Selected Recordings and VidEo"Live:" Jazz at Pitt: The 25 th Anniversary Concert CD (Pittsburgh, 1995). Celebration of the Silver Anniversary of the Jazz Seminar and Concert at the University of Pittsburgh. London by Night Sound Recording (London, 1987). Roots: Salute to the Saxophone. Video Recording (Eagle Rock Entertainment, 1992. Kings on the Hill: Baseball's Forgotten Men. Video Recording. Music by Nathan Davis. (San Pedro Productions, 1993). CompositionsJust Above My Head. Opera based on the novel by James Baldwin. (Pittsburgh, 1985). Symphony No. 1 for Orchestra and Jazz Soloists PerformancesNathan Davis has performed widely throughout the world, most recently in Berlin, Paris, Tokyo, Amsterdam, and Cologne. He has led the University of Pittsburgh Jazz Ensemble in concerts in Jamaica every summer for the past fourteen years. ActivitiesOutreach programs in Dubai, Ghana, Bahia, and Jordan Founder and Director, annual University of Pittsburgh Jazz Seminar and Concert, which for 34 years has brought together some of the world's leading jazz performers to work with students and to perform together. Founder, University of Pittsburgh's International Academy of Jazz/Hall of Fame and the Sonny Rollins International Jazz Archives. Faculty member, Ravinia Summer Jazz Program. Director of Faculty, John F. Kennedy Center's Jazz Ahead Program. Past Director, Thelonius Monk Institute at Aspen ProjectsNathan Davis is currently working with Mildred Miller Posvar and Jonathan Eaton in preparation for the first performance of his opera, Just Above My Head, by the Pittsburgh Opera Theater in June, 2004. |
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