Roger Davidson was born in 1952 in Paris, France, and grew up in New York and Connecticut. He showed an interest in music at an early age, starting the piano at 4 and the violin at 8. Having learned to read and write music at age 6, he proceeded to compose music, an activity that became his main interest as a musician. In addition to music, he began studying religious texts around the age of 12, an interest that later blossomed into a profound concern for the spiritual health of humanity.

During his undergraduate years, he majored in German and Asian Studies and traveled to Southeast Asia to study the teachings of Buddha. While at graduate school studying music at Boston University, Mr. Davidson had a pivotal experience while composing a piece entitled “Mandala”: he became aware of a higher power inspiring the music and helping the creative process. Shortly thereafter, he discovered many books about religion and spirituality, which he read with a free and open mind and an intention of seeking the truth.

Much of the resulting inspiration went into songs, chants and choral anthems, many of which he published in 2001 in a book entitled “One God, One World.” Mr. Davidson also founded the Foundation of University Sacred Music, a non-profit organization for the purpose of fostering the creation of a new body of sacred music that transcends the borders of existing traditions. To date, the non-profit (soon to be renamed the Society for Universal Sacred Music) has presented three concerts and two festivals.