Background
Byers, Harold Ralph was born on August 16, 1944 in Portland, Oregon, United States. Son of Irwin Lyle and Elma Vera (Parkhurst) Byers.
Byers, Harold Ralph was born on August 16, 1944 in Portland, Oregon, United States. Son of Irwin Lyle and Elma Vera (Parkhurst) Byers.
Bachelor of Music, Oberlin College, 1966. Postgraduate, Juilliard School Museum, 1966—1968.
Violinist Chamber Symphony Philadelphia, 1968, Syracuse Symphony and Cazenovia String Quartet, New York, 1968—1970, Atlanta Symphony and Atlanta String Quartet, 1971—1972, Columbus Symphony and Columbus String Quartet, 1972—1974, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, since 1974, Oxford String Quartet, Ohio, 1985—1988. Member faculty Miami University, Oxford, 1980—1988. Recital debut, Washington, 1984.
Member Baroque Chamber Players, since 1979, Baroque Chamber Soloists, since 1989.
Member board U Kids Cooperative, 1981—1982. Treasurer Cincinnati Symphony Players Committee, 1980—1982, 1991—1993, since 1995, member artistic advisory committee, 1980, 1991—1993. Teacher College Conservatory Music, University Cincinnati, since 1988.
Member of Historic Keyboard Society, American Federation Musicians.
Married Dorothy Furber Byers, December 26, 1970. Children: Eric Furber, Mark Parkhurst.