Matthew Harris (composer)

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Instruments = Singing
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Matthew Harris (born 1956) is an American composer.

Biography

Matthew Harris was born in 1956. He studied at The Juilliard School, New England Conservatory and Harvard University. He has taught at Fordham University and Kingsborough College (CUNY). He founded Harris Musiciology in 1988.

Compositions

Harris has composed more than 100 musical works in the following genres:
*Chamber
*Men's Chorus
*Mixed Chorus - A Cappella
*Mixed Chorus - With Accompaniment
*Opera
*Orchestra
*Solo
*Treble Voice Chorus
*Vocal - With Orchestral & Chamber Accompaniment
*Women's Chorus

Performances

His works have been performed by the Minnesota, Houston, Florida, Jacksonville, Chattanooga, Spokane and Modesto Symphony Orchestras; the Lark Quartet, New York New Music Ensemble, League-ISCM, the New York City Opera, Sheryl Studer and Faith Esham.

He has had choral works which have been commissioned or premiered by choruses such as the Dale Warland Singers, Phoenix Bach Choir, Los Angeles Chamber Singers, Western Wind, and Cantori New York, and sung by countless school and community choirs across America.

Awards

The National Endowment for the Arts has twice awarded him a Composer Fellowship. His composition awards include those from the Chautauqua Chamber Singers, Georges Enesco Foundation, Society for New Music, National Association of Composers, Musicians Accord, Taubman Institute, ASCAP and BMI.

External links

* [http://www.matthewharrismusic.com/index.html Matthew Harris Music]
* [http://www.harrismusicology.com/ Harris Musicology]

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