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 Raymond Harvey, Conductor
With an immediately
noticeable style that has been described as "elegant, but suffused with
energy," Raymond Harvey has garnered critical acclaim on symphonic
podiums throughout the United States. Now in his eleventh season as
Music Director of the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra, Mr. Harvey was
previously Music Director of the Springfield Symphony in Massachusetts
and the Fresno Philharmonic in California. He has appeared as guest
conductor with many of America’s leading orchestras, including
those of Philadelphia, Atlanta, St. Louis, Utah, Indianapolis,
Rochester, Buffalo, Detroit, Louisville, New Orleans and Minnesota, as
well as the New York Philharmonic's Young People's Concerts and the
Boston Pops. He has also had engagements with the Maggio Musicale
Orchestra of Florence, Italy; the Pusan Symphony of South Korea; and the
National Symphony Orchestra of Costa Rica.
Equally at home in the world of opera, Mr. Harvey served for 15 years as
Music Director of the El Paso Opera in Texas. Among the many
productions he has conducted are Carmen, Tosca, Madama
Butterfly, La Bohème, Turandot, Aïda, La Traviata, The Tales
of Hoffmann, The Marriage of Figaro, and Cosí Fan
Tutte. He has also appeared with the Houston Grand Opera,
Indianapolis Opera, Texas Opera Theater, Opera Idaho, and Indiana
University Music Theater.
Recognized as an outstanding pianist, choral conductor and teacher,
Raymond Harvey holds Bachelor's and Master's degrees from the Oberlin
Conservatory of Music and a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the Yale
School of Music. He has been a frequent guest teacher for the
Conductors Institute at Bard College, and for the American Symphony
Orchestra League’s Conducting Workshops.
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