Raymond Harvey

Conductor-in-Residence

Biography: 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 a 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, 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, Aida, La Traviata, The Tales of Hoffman, The Marriage of Figaro, and Così 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 Conductor’s Institute at Bard College, and for the American Symphony Orchestra League’s Conducting Workshops.

Phone: 845-758-7425
Website: https://www.kalamazoosymphony.com/
Department: Conductors Institute