Opus 37 Cello 3 'Little Red"
“David Finck came to a North Carolina Cello Society event in Raleigh in the Fall of 2023. I was immediately drawn to his Cello Number 2. It had a generous, beautiful sound and was as easy as heck to play. I took it home with me and enjoyed it for two weeks until David came back to the area with Cello Number 3. That cello won me over instantly and I bought it shortly after that. Cello number 3, Little Red, is the first cello I’ve ever named in my 64 years of playing the cello. It is a gorgeous color and beautifully carved, a work of art. I get pleasure just looking at it. My old cello is still a great instrument. David actually put it back in pristine condition for me with his intimate knowledge of the maker’s wishes and expectations. It will be a terrific cello for another cellist with its big sound, clarity and healthy condition. I, however, will be enjoying “Little Red”. It was time for a change and this wonderful instrument makes me feel rejuvenated. I’m not done making music, thank goodness. I’m grateful to David for his inspired workmanship, skill, integrity and friendship.”
— Debbie Davis
Debbie Davis
Cellist Debbie Davis is a life-long professional musician, teacher, and musical organizer. She graduated from the high school division of the North Carolina School of the Arts in Winston-Salem and spent a year at the Paris Conservatory where she was awarded a First Medal in Cello.
She received a Bachelor’s of Music cum laude from the Hartt School of Music and a Master’s of Music with a Performer’s Certificate award in Cello from the Indiana University School of Music in Bloomington, Indiana. Her teachers included Irving Klein, André Navarra, Bernard Greenhouse, RayaGarbousova and Fritz Magg. She played in the Iceland Symphony Orchestra and taught at the Reykjavik Conservatory, was on the music faculty of Notre Dame University in South Bend, Indiana, was a member of the Houston Symphony Orchestra, and for 25 years, was Principal Cellist of the Pennsylvania Sinfonia Orchestra in Allentown, PA and President of the Pennsylvania Cello Society. She founded and ran music camps in Pennsylvania for fourteen years, including string quartet camps, jazz camps, trumpet, flute, clarinet and old-time music camps. She came back to live in Chapel Hill in 2015 and is currently General Coordinator of the North Carolina Cello Society.