FREE Courtroom Concert: featuring Immanuel Davis, Flute; Helen Chang, violin; Tim Lovelace, piano

Flutist Immanuel Davis is a highly versatile performer who enjoys playing the entire span of the flute repertoire. He has performed as a recitalist and master class teacher worldwide. He has appeared as a recitalist and chamber musician at Weill Recital hall at Carnegie Hall, MoMa’s Summer Garden Series, Noonday Concerts at Trinity Church, and the “Meet the Virtuoso” series at the 92nd St Y. Orchestral work has included performances with the Minnesota Orchestra, Oregon Symphony, Riverside Symphony, Hudson Valley Philharmonic, Jupiter Symphony, and Buffalo Philharmonic and St. Paul Chamber Orchestra. Mr. Davis has also played on Broadway in Fiddler on the Roof, Show Boat and Ragtime, among others.

In 2005, Immanuel was a recipient of a Fulbright Grant for study of baroque flute and performance practice 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 Early Music New York, ARTEK, Lyra Baroque and the Bach Society of Minnesota, Mercury Orchestra, and Rebel. He has also been heard on NPR’s “Performance Today” and in numerous recitals with Barthold Kuijken and Wilbert Hazelzet.

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 and several times for the National Flute Association Conventions. He has made multiple trips to Mexico, where he has served as woodwind clinician for the Guanajuato Symphony Orchestra. He has also given several classes for the U.S. Air Force Bands in Sacramento and Colorado Springs, and has performed and given clinics for the National Flute Convention.

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. In June 2013, Immanuel completed the 3-year training to become an AmSat Certified teacher of the Alexander Technique.

Helen Chang is a violinist with the Minnesota Orchestra and has appeared soloist with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra, Minnesota Orchestra, and Staatsorchester Braunschwieg. She is a former titled chair member of the Bamberger Symphoniker in Germany and toured throughout Europe. She played the Jascha Heifetz ‘David’ 1742 Guarneri Del Gesù violin in recital at the Legion of Honor in San Francisco and has taken part in innovative collaborations with dancer and choreographer Bill T. Jones at the Walker Art Museum in Minneapolis. Helen performs as a guest with various ensembles, most recently with the Rodney Marsalis Philadelphia Big Brass at the Ravinia Festival.

Her recording of the Bach Partitas for Solo Violin for Cavalli Records drew critical acclaim from the American Record Guide. She was also a producer and artist on American Avenues, a medley of American Classics for Centaur Records. Helen is a grant recipient of the Artist Initiative funded by the MN State Arts Board and recipient of the 2026 Mcknight Artist Fellowship for Musicians administered by the MacPhail Center for Music.

Pianist and conductor Timothy Lovelace directs the Collaborative Piano program at the University of Minnesota and maintains an active international career as a recitalist and collaborator. He has appeared at major venues including Rio de Janeiro’s Sala Cecilia Meireles, Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall, the Kennedy Center, and Merkin Concert Hall, as well as on prominent concert series across the United States. As a soloist, he has performed with the Minnesota Orchestra under Osmo Vänskä.

A sought-after collaborator, Lovelace has performed with artists such as Miriam Fried, Nobuko Imai, Robert Mann, Charles Neidich, Paquito D’Rivera, and Dawn Upshaw. He spent thirteen seasons as a staff pianist at the Ravinia Festival’s Steans Institute, working closely with leading musicians including Barbara Bonney, Christoph Eschenbach, Thomas Hampson, Christa Ludwig, and Yo-Yo Ma.

As a conductor, he has led ensembles including the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra and the Civic Orchestra of Minneapolis. A dedicated advocate for new music, he has premiered works by composers such as John Harbison, Osvaldo Golijov, and Libby Larsen. He is also a published composer.

Lovelace’s recordings appear on Albany, Arabesque, Avie, Blue Griffin, Boston Records, MSR, and Naxos. His principal teachers include Harold Evans, Clifford Herzer, Gilbert Kalish, Donna Loewy, Gerhard Samuel, and Frank Weinstock.