13-time International and National award winning composer, Dr. Roland R. Davis, received a standing ovation in Carnegie Hall for the world-premiere of his newest work, “The Huangguoshu Parable.” With his string quartet classical composition win, an a cappella jazz composition win, and an International win this year for vocal performance, Roland’s awards now exceed 30 in classical, 3rd Stream, and jazz. As a Presser Scholar and All-American scholar, he was valedictorian at the New England Conservatory of Music—where Bob Brookmeyer called Roland, “The voice of the next generation”—earning highest honors in three Master’s degrees; this, after being valedictorian with highest honors in degrees in philosophy and classical composition as an undergrad’. Recent commissions include works for Lincoln Center’s, Ted Nash; International classical saxophonist legend, Harvey Pittel; Internationally-screened video artist, Salem Mekuria; and a New York Shakespeare production of Love’s Labour’s Lost. Upcoming commissions for new music include the Kraków Conservatory (classical), works featuring living-legend Scott Hamilton (jazz), another commission for the Jacob-Knight Award Winner for Poetry, Lea Deschenes (3rd stream), and his classical piece, Roland “When There Were Heroes” is to be featured at an International conference this fall.