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Curious about the Invincible Czars' Nutcracker? Click here to listen.


Available all 2008 for weddings and special occasions: Guitar and Violin, String Quartets, Trios, Duets, Solo Violin. Call me at (512) 585-9724.


I played over 100 performances in 2007. Most of them with classical ensembles at weddings and private parties, or in rock clubs late at night. I can't keep track of all of them here anymore, so I'm just posting the ones that are at a reasonable hour and open to the public. All the rest are listed on my MySpace page.

Phil Davidson is an active violin and viola teacher and performer in Austin, TX. He received his B.A. in Music from Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa in May 2002. He is a Suzuki specialist, with teacher training registered through book 4. He maintains Suzuki violin and viola teaching studios at his home in South Austin and at the Armstrong Community Music School of the Austin Lyric Opera. Phil's teaching emphasizes development of functional instrumental abilities, including playing by ear, good practice habits, critical thinking, theory, history, observation and listening to a wide variety of music. He particularly enjoys teaching young beginners. Lately most of his new students have been beginners ages 4-8, and some adults.

Beyond his primary focus of being a professional music educator, Phil performs frequently in the Austin, TX area. A former member of the Des Moines Symphony and Des Moines Metro Opera Orchestra, he also was concertmaster of the Drake Symphony Orchestra. Phil plays classical chamber music, plays tangos with classical guitarist Sean Behrens in the Chanterelle Duo, performs the rock-and-roll Nutcracker and more with the Invincible Czars, is in the rock band Mostly Dead and the country band The Old Holdouts, and enjoys playing in various other ensembles and settings. Phil's interests include supporting local businesses and musicians, vegetarianism, and progressive politics.

Phil Davidson's current projects/groups:

Invincible Czars (rock arrangements of smart music)
Mostly Dead
The Old Holdouts (acoustic Texas country)
Chanterelle Duo (classical guitar and violin)
Quartetto Lirico (classical string quartets and trios)



Other Austin bands Phil has sat in with:

Boxcar Preachers
Bourland
Golden Arm Trio
Surfing Standing Still

Phil's former projects/ensembles:

Muppletone (progressive world jazz metal)
Barrelhouse Dogs (acoustic Texas country)
Lucretia Strings (classical string quartets and trios)
Nathan James
Des Moines Symphony
Des Moines Metro Opera


Austin, TX bands that Phil supports:

Graham Reynolds
Golden Hornet Project
Muchos Backflips!
Blackholicus
Bee vs. Moth
Opposite Day
Sam Arnold
Benko
Attic Ted
Oh, Beast!
Tia Carrera
Migas
Pong
The Black Irish
Explosions in the Sky
My Education
Atash
Oliver Rajamani
Jetsuns
Stealing Silence
Groovin' Ground
The Hudsons
The Phoebejeebies
South Austin Jug Band
Erik Hokkanen
Warren Hood
Michael Fracasso
Concentric

Click here for Phil Davidson's Suzuki violin teaching studio web page
If you're interested in private violin lessons at one of my South Austin studio locations, please call me at 585-9724.


PHIL TEACHING
Photo Credit: Dave Erichson