Donald Livingston is seated at a piano, engaged in playing or practicing. The setting is an indoor environment with warm lighting, suggesting a cozy and intimate atmosphere. The focus on the piano and the act of playing highlights a musical theme.
Immanuel Davis, in a black suit and red patterned tie, stands against a red background. Behind him, a wooden chair with ornate detailing adds a touch of elegance. The contrast between the black suit and red tie creates a visually striking effect.
David Ross, wearing a light blue button-up shirt, holds a traverso (baroque flute) in their right hand, which rests on their shoulder. The background is neutral and nondescript, ensuring the focus remains on the subject.

  • Traverso

    Immanuel Davis is one of the most versatile flutists of his generation. Equally at home on the modern and baroque flutes, Immanuel has performed as a soloist and chamber musician throughout the United States and abroad. In 2005 he received a Fulbright Fellowship to study baroque flute with Wilbert Hazelzet at the Koninklijk Conservatorium in The Hague. Since then, he has performed as soloist and chamber player with such early music ensembles as Opera Lafayette, Early Music New York, ARTEK, Lyra Baroque, REBEL and the Bach Society of Minnesota and Mercury Orchestra of Houston. He has also performed on NPR’s “Performance Today” and in recitals with baroque flute luminaries Barthold Kuijken and Wilbert Hazelzet.

    In 2021 Immanuel released the CD on the NAXOS label, “La Magnifique: Flute Music for the Court of Louis XIV” a program of French music for two traversi and continuo with legendary baroque flutist, Barthold Kuijken.

    A popular guest teacher, he has been invited to teach classes at Yale University, New England Conservatory, Grinell College, the North Carolina School of the Arts and Seattle Pacific University. He has made multiple trips to Mexico, where he has served as woodwind clinician for the Guanajuato Symphony Orchestra.

    Educated at the Juilliard School, Mr. Davis received both Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees as a student of Julius Baker. Immanuel Davis has been the flute professor at the University of Minnesota since 2001.

  • Traverso

    David Ross is a freelance historical flutist based in New York City. He grew up in Minnesota playing piano, violin, and modern flute. Since 2009 his training and career have focused exclusively in historical performance ranging from one-keyed baroque flutes to many-keyed flutes and piccolos from the Classical and Romantic periods. Each season David performs a variety of orchestral parts, chamber music, and featured solos.

    David studied baroque flute with Wilbert Hazelzet at the Koninklijk Conservatorium in The Hague, Netherlands where he earned a Bachelor’s degree in Early Music in 2011. In 2014 he received a Master’s degree from the Juilliard School’s Historical Performance Program, and prior to specializing in historical performance he received a Bachelor’s degree in modern flute performance from the Cleveland Institute of Music.

    From 2023 through 2024 David is performing in NYC with the Helicon Foundation, the Sebastians, New York Baroque Inc, Early Music New York, Four Nations Ensemble, TENET, ARTEK, Holy Trinity Bach Vespers, Saint Peter’s Bach Collegium Orchestra and Soloists, and Bach at St. Bartholomew’s. Outside of NYC, David is performing with the Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, Washington Bach Consort, Lyra Baroque Orchestra, and the Mercury Chamber Orchestra.

  • Harpsichord

    Keyboardist Donald Livingston collaborates with musicians from across the musical spectrum.

    Founding director of the Twin Cities Early Music Festival and director of Ensemble Sprezzatura, he has performed with such ensembles as Bach Sinfonia (Washington DC), Musica Antigua (Panama City), La Donna Musicale (Boston), Lyra Baroque (St. Paul), Minnesota Orchestra, the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra and the Phoenix Symphony, as well as with soloists and collaborators Cléa Galhano, Anton Nel, Jacques Ogg, Elisabeth Wright, Joel Frederiksen, Ryland Angel, Jed Wentz, Barthold Kuijken, and Dame Emma Kirkby. He has sung as a member of the Rose Ensemble, as well as with the Pro Arte Singers under the direction of Thomas Binkley and Paul Hillier at the Historical Performance Institute of the renowned Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University where he received the Doctor of Music in historical keyboard performance.

    After holding positions as Lecturer of Organ and Harpsichord at the University of Texas Butler School of Music and organist at St. Martin's Lutheran Church in Austin, he became organist for the second time at Hennepin Avenue United Methodist Church in Minneapolis. Currently he holds the post of organist and music director at Grace Episcopal Cathedral in the Diocese of Kansas and harpsichordist for the South Dakota Symphony Orchestra. Most recently he accepted an adjunct faculty appointment in organ and choral accompanying at Washburn University.

    In addition to musical endeavors, Livingston holds the Juris Doctor degree from the Mitchell-Hamline College of Law, where his studies focused on copyright, entertainment and art law, and where he was a recipient of the CALI Award for Entertainment Law.