Joyce Davis
School of Music

Professor
T: 392-3782
E: davisj@ufl.edu

Address:
353 MUB P.O. Box 117900
Gainesville, Fl 32611-7900


Joyce Davis, Professor of Trumpet, joined the School of Music faculty at the University of Florida in 1989. She is a graduate of the Interlochen Arts Academy, attended the University of Michigan, holds a Bachelor of Music in Performance from Florida State University, the Master of Music in Performance from Northwestern University, and the Doctor of Musical Arts in Performance from The Ohio State University. Her teachers include Vincent Cichowicz, Adolph Herseth, Richard Burkart, Clifford Lillya, and Armando Ghitalla.

As an educator, Davis’ teaching experience includes The Ohio State University, part-time Lecturer of Trumpet at the University of Stellenbosch, South Africa, the College of Charleston (South Carolina), and Guest Lecturer of Trumpet at the Conservatorie Nacìonal de Mexico, Mexico City. She has presented master classes at numerous institutions throughout the US, at the Moscow Conservatory, Gnesins College of Music, the Saratov Conservatory in Russia, and the National Academy of Music in the Ukraine.

Her publications include co-editing the Memoirs of Timofei Dokshizer, the legendary Russian trumpet virtuoso, editing Dokshizer’s System for Trumpet Study, various reviews and articles for the Journal of the International Trumpet Guild. She co-produced the International Trumpet Guild’s CD, Russian Treasures of Timofei Dokshizer.

As an orchestral player, Davis was Principal Trumpet of the Cape Town Symphony, Orquesta Sinfonica del Estado de Mexico, Orquesta Filharmonica de la UNAM, and a section player with the Cincinnati Symphony, the Cincinnati Pops, Charleston (SC) Symphony, and Savannah, symphonies. Her numerous solo performances have been as a recitalist and soloist in the United States, Mexico, South Africa, Russia, Germany, and the Ukraine.

Her professional associations include the International Trumpet Guild, President 1995-97, and presently a member of the Board of Directors; Honorary Member of Sigma Alpha Iota; Pi Kappa Lambda, Alpha Rho chapter; and the Advisory Board of the National Trumpet Competition. Davis has served as an adjudicator at state, regional, national, and international competitions.


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