{"id":645572,"date":"2025-04-08T12:33:31","date_gmt":"2025-04-08T16:33:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/?p=645572"},"modified":"2025-08-11T19:45:44","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T23:45:44","slug":"alumni-connections-bryce-davis-combining-music-finance-career-645572","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/alumni-connections-bryce-davis-combining-music-finance-career-645572\/","title":{"rendered":"Bryce Davis \u201920: Combining music and finance into a fulfilling career"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; }<\/style>\n<div class=\"embed-container\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-9-4-ynYQSM\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h2>The economics and music major found his path by embracing unexpected opportunities.<\/h2>\n<p>Bryce Davis \u201920 arrived at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/\">University of Rochester<\/a> with a clear goal: major in economics, land a high-paying job in finance, and expand his horizons beyond his small hometown of Wellsville, NY. As a first-generation college student, Davis thought this seemed like the best way to secure a stable and comfortable future.<\/p>\n<p>But a music theory class he took during his first year of college changed his mind.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI immediately realized sitting in that classroom that I would so much rather be doing this [music] on a regular basis,\u201d Davis says.<\/p>\n<p>Inspired by his professors in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sas.rochester.edu\/mur\/\">Arthur Satz Department of Music<\/a> on the River Campus, Davis decided to embrace his musical background and, at Rochester, focus his studies on both economics and music. He says the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/about\/curriculum.html\">University\u2019s signature flexible curriculum<\/a> and its connection to the top-ranked <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esm.rochester.edu\/\">Eastman School of Music<\/a> fostered an interdisciplinary culture that allowed him to explore simultaneous interests. Beyond the classroom, he joined the Midnight Ramblers\u2014one of several a cappella groups on campus\u2014and interned with the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra (RPO). These experiences helped open the doors to a career that blends his analytical skills and passion for music. Davis was also the recipient of the Debra Dorfman Drumheller and Robert Drumheller Endowed Scholarship, which provides financial assistance to undergraduates in the School of Arts &amp; Sciences.<\/p>\n<p>Today, Davis is the associate director of institutional giving for the Orchestra of St. Luke\u2019s in New York City. In this role, he manages foundation and government partnerships, writes grants, pitches corporate sponsors, maintains project budgets, develops case studies about the orchestra\u2019s education programming, and supports the orchestra\u2019s all-around fundraising efforts.<\/p>\n<p>Looking back, Davis sees his career journey as a lesson in being open to what he calls \u201chappenstance\u201d and learning to listen to yourself.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou have to be open to what the universe has given you,\u201d he says. \u201cYou have to be adaptable and willing to take on an opportunity that you weren\u2019t expecting.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Beyond being open to opportunities, Davis emphasizes the importance of self-awareness and developing habits to help stay in tune with your own values and aspirations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe most important skill you can develop, not just to find a good job or have a nice career, but to live a fulfilling life, is to have some sort of practice where you\u2019re actively listening to yourself,\u201d he says. Whether through journaling, yoga, meditation, or regularly talking to people about larger questions, taking the time to reflect can help you stay true to what excites and motivates you.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt the end of the day, the most important thing is that you\u2019re true to yourself and that you can present yourself authentically and feel like what you do connects to you in a real way,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The economics and music major found his path by embracing unexpected 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