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DONALD COVERT : BIOGRAPHY COMPLETE

{ALL REHEARSALS AND PERFORMANCES CONDUCTED VIA MEMORIA - SINCE 1983}.

{HOLDING THE WORLD'S TOP RECORD FOR VIA MEMORIA WITH ORCHESTRAS/OPERA
COMPANIES FOR MAJOR CONDUCTORS}.

1957: MAY 28. BORN IN WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA .

1975: GRADUATED FROM FOREST HILL HIGH SCHOOL IN WEST PALM BEACH,
FLORIDA.

1972-74: ATTENDED 2 SUMMER MUSIC CAMPS FOR PIANO STUDIES AT THE

UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA..

1975-76: PALM BEACH ATLANTIC COLLEGE: PIANO MAJOR. RECEIVED A DOCTORATE

DEGREE IN PIANO IN 1-YEAR.

1976-77: NEW ENGLAND CONSERVATORY IN BOSTON, MA. STUDIED WITH THEODORE

LETTVIN. PIANO MAJOR. CONDUCTED THE NEW ENGLAND CONSERVATORY CHAMBER
ORCHESTRA. BACH: BRANDENBURG CONCERTO NO. 4.

1977 SUMMER: AMERICAN CONSERVATORY IN FONTAINEBLEAU, FRANCE.

CONDUCTING MAJOR WITH NADIA BOULANGER. PIANO AS SECONDARY STUDY.

1977-78: FULL SCHOLARSHIP TO STUDY AT THE MOZARTEUM OF SALZBURG, AUSTRIA.

CONDUCTING WITH GERHARD WIMBERGER.

1978 SPRING: PRIVATE TUTORING IN CONDUCTING WITH NADIA BOULANGER IN PARIS.

1977-78: THE JUILLIARD SCHOOL - NEW YORK CITY. CONDUCTING STUDIES WITH
SIXTEN EHRLING. CONDUCTED THE JUILLIARD ORCHESTRA. RIMSKY-KORSAKOV -
SCHEHERAZADE & BEETHOVEN - FIFTH SYMPHONY. OPERA CONDUCTING WITH
VINCENT LA SELVA. HISTORY WITH DAVID DIAMOND.

1979-84: CONDUCTING MAJOR 5-YEAR FULL SCHOLARSHIP TO STUDY AT THE

UNIVERSITY OF MUSIC IN VIENNA, AUSTRIA. 1979-80 WITH PROF. KARL
OESTERREICHER.1980-84 WITH GMD OTMAR SUITNER. MODERN MUSIC CONDUCTING
WITH FRIEDRICH CERHA AND ANTONIO JANEGRO. GRADUATED MAY 28, 1984.
RECIPIENT OF THE TOP AWARD OF THE KAPELLMEISTER SCHULE "THE SWAROVSKY
DIPLOMA " . SECOND AMERICAN TO GRADUATE FROM THE HOCHSCHULE FUER
MUSIK, IN HISTORY (PROVEN THE LARGEST AND FINEST OF ALL MUSIC SCHOOLS IN
THE WORLD). CONCERT AT THE KONZERTHAUS VIENNA WITH THE PRO-ARTE
ORCHESTER OF VIENNA (1984) {FROM DG RECORDS} STRAVINSKY: DUMBARTON OAKS
CONCERTO.

1983-84: FULL SCHOLARSHIP - STUDIED AT THE MUSIC AND ARTS PRIVATE

UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA. CONDUCTING WITH GENNADY ROZHDESTVENSKY [5 TH
SEMESTER].

1981-83: REPITEUR/PIANIST FOR LEONARD BERNSTEIN. WAGNER: TRISTAN UND

ISOLDE. MUNICH, GERMANY. & WORKED FOR DG RECORDS IN VIENNA (PLAYBACKS).
RECEIVED HAND WRITTEN 'HIGHEST HONORS' RECOMMENDATION ABOUT HIS
CONDUCTING FROM BERNSTEIN CALLING HIM A GENIUS AND SAID 'DONALD IS PURE
MUSIC'.

1980 & 1981 SUMMERS: CONDUCTING PUPIL OF FRANCO FERRARA. SIENA, ITALY
ACCADEMIA CHIGANA. RADIO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA SOFIA, BULGARIA. ROME:
CONSERVATORIO " SANTA CECILIA " ROME, ITALY. CARACAS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA.
1983 SPRING: CONDUCTING PUPIL OF FRANCO FERRARA. VERONA ARENA
ORCHESTRA/TEATRO RISTORI IN VERONA, ITALY. 1983:

VIENNA CONSERVATORY. MASTERCLASS WITH SIR CHARLES MACKERRAS. ZAGREB

RADIO SYMPHONY. MOZART- MAGIC FLUTE OVERTURE.

1983: AUDITION AT CARNEGIE HALL - N. Y. C. FOR BORIS GOLDOWSKY, AND

PARTICIPANT IN THE OPERA WORKSHOP AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MASS.
(DARTMOUTH) CONDUCTED THE CEDERDEL' ORCHESTRA. ARIAS FROM - GOUNOD -
FAUST & BEETHOVEN - FIDELIO.

1984: POSITION AS REPITEUR/PIANIST - TEATRO LA FENICE - VENICE, ITALY. WAGNER -

RIENZI.

{1984-92 AGENT REPRESENTATION DR. RAAB IN VIENNA }.

1984: WEST BERLIN. BERLIN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA. HERBERT VON KARAJAN
COMPETITION. FIRST PRIZE WINNER. ASSIGNED PRIVATE AGENT: MUSIC AGENT
ANDREAS LEHR OF WEST BERLIN/ HUNGARY/INTERNATIONALE.

1984-87: REPRESENTED BY ALBERT KAY & ASSOC. IN N. Y. C. MUSICAL AMERICA

MAGAZINE. YOUNGEST PERSON EVER LISTED ON THE CONDUCTOR'S LIST.

1984-85: NETHERLANDS PROMENADE ORCHESTRA. GUEST-CONDUCTOR. 3 SETS OF

REHEARSALS FOR THE SCAPINO BALLET ROTTERDAM. TCHAIKOVSKY- PATHETIQUE
SYMPHONY & OTHER WORKS. FILMED BY IIE FILM PRODUCTIONS BV [N.O.S.
KAMERORKEST IN A FILM]. CONCERT AUGUST 14, 1985: OPEN AIR THEATER VONDEL
PARK AMSTERDAM. MENDELSSOHN: HEBRIDES OVERTURE. BEETHOVEN- FIRST
SYMPHONY. [PROJECT: 1985 INVITATION TO CONDUCT THE NETHERLANDS
PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA IN REHEARSAL BY AGENCY KLINKHAMER OF HOLLAND].

[ PROJECT: 1985 INVITATION TO CONDUCT THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC BY THE

MUSIKVEREIN OF VIENNA].

1987: CONDUCTED A REHEARSAL & CONCERT JULY 24. NORWEGIAN CHAMBER

ORCHESTRA. CATHEDRALE "NOTRE - DAME" OF BOULOGNE-SUR-MER, FRANCE.
GRIEG - HOLBERG SUITE. MOZART - OBOE CONCERTO, C MAJOR, KV. 285D. MOZART-
SYMPHONY NO. 29. CONCERT LIVE BROADCAST BY RADIO FRANCE.

1987: CONDUCTED THE ZURICH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ( REHEARSAL ). RAVEL-

PAVANE. [PROJECT: ZAGREB MUSIC FESTIVAL].

1989-90: TAMPA BAY OPERA, CORP. ( MUSIC DIRECTOR ) REHEARSED: J. STRAUSS, JR.
- DIE FLEDERMAUS WITH SOLOISTS & CHORUS.

1989. MAY 18. CONDUCTED THE HUGARIAN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA. BUDAPEST

CULTURAL CENTRE. TCHAIKOVSKY: ROCCO VARIATIONS {CSABA ONCAY, CELLO},
ROMEO & JULIETTE OVERTURE, SYMPHONY NO. 5. CONCERT RECORDED BY
HUNGARTON RECORDS, INTERVIEW ON 'MAI NAP' HUNGARIAN NATIONAL RADIO.

1990: SELECTED # 3 FINALIST FOR MUSIC DIRECTOR POSITION FLORIDA

PHILHARMONIC.

1991: REHEARSAL- DUTCH ENSEMBLE. STRAVINSKY L'HISTOIRE DU SOLDAT. PODIUM

AZIJNFABRIEK OF 'S-HERTOGENBOSCH, HOLLAND.

1992: REHEARSED & CONDUCTED THE SOUTH FLORIDA GAY MEN'S CHORUS { W. P. B.
AUDITORIUM } PRODUCTION WITH FLORENCE HENDERSON.

1997: REHEARSAL PALM BEACH OPERA CHORUS SOLOIST. STRAVINSKY: IN

MEMORIAM DYLAN THOMAS.

2005: REHEARSED CHORUS (CONDUCTED) PALM BEACH STATE COLLEGE.

2009: CONDUCTED CONCERT MAY 17. HOLLYWOOD, FLORIDA - CENTRAL

PERFORMING ARTS CENTER. WORLD CLASS ORCHESTRA, INC. - MOZART: DON
GIOVANNI ARIA " DEH VIENI ALLA FINESTRA", HARP & FLUTE CONCERTO, C MAJOR, KV
299 {DEBORAH FLEISHER, HARP. ABE BETESH, FLUTE}. SCHUBERT: SYMPHONY NO. 5.
"USA" PATRIOTIC POPS SELECTIONS. REHEARSALS (2) AT THE ART SERVE IN
SUNRISE. INTERVIEWED ON WXEL RADIO & PLAYED HARPSICHORD.
2013. AUGUST: CONDUCTED REHEARSAL STRAVINSKY: L'HISTOIRE DU SOLDAT. MIAMI
SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA. SOUTH FLORIDA REHEARSAL STUDIOS - MIAMI.

2015: GUEST-CONDUCTOR WITH THE INDIAN RIVER POPS ORCHESTRA. NEW YEAR'S
EVE CONCERT AT THE EISSEY CAMPUS THEATRE IN PALM BEACH GARDENS. J.
STRAUSS, JR. - WALTZ, OP. 333 & POLKA, OP. 324.

2009 - 2020 MUSIC DIRECTOR: MATINEE OPERA PLAYERS, INCORPORATED.

CONDUCTED REHEARSALS {CHORUS}: J. STRAUSS, JR. - DIE FLEDERMAUS " DU UND
DU" , & VARIOUS WORKS BY PUCCINI: {LA BOHEME, AIDA}, VERDI: LA TRAVIATA -
SOLOISTS & (CHORUS), MASCAGNI, ROSSINI. WITH VARIOUS SOLOISTS.

2022 PIANO REHEARSAL - W.P.B. (SAINT-SAENS; CARNIVAL OF THE ANIMALS) / ELEPHANT

2023. AUGUST: CONCERT CONDUCTED MEMBERS P B SYMPHONY AND SYMPHONY OF THE AMERICAS.
CARNIVAL OF THE ANIMALS/ ELEPHANT / SWAN. GLV CLUBHOUSE B.