Music Director, Conductor

Professional homepage:

http://www.davidharrismusic.net

David Harris (b. 1974), BSE, MM, DMA is a freelance musician living in Manhattan. He is the director for the Columbia Glee Club, a member of C4 the Choral Composer/Conductor Collective, assistant director for Canticum Novum and teaches for the Opus 118 Harlem School of Music. In addition to conducting and teaching, David composes a variety of music and is currently working on several projects, among them a musical, a ballet and some choral pieces. This year he released three CDs: I Want To Be Ready, a live recording of Jubilate in Carnegie Hall, Old Time Religion, gospel favorites and St. Bartholomew and The Frail Stag, a live recording in Denver of the premiere of three of his multi-movement works. Each is available on iTunes and CDBaby.

He moved to New York from Colorado where he began and directed Jubilate, a 55-voice a cappella choir, for 8 years. Prior to that, he lived in Birmingham and taught high school in addition to working with the Birmingham Boys Choir. David often serves as a clinician and fulfills composition commissions throughout the year. He is a current member of the American Composers Forum and the American Music Center. David co-authored the book In The Good Old Summer Time with Thomas Riis in 2006. He holds degrees from the Universities of Alabama, Oklahoma, and Colorado. He received the Marinus Smith Recognition Award for Teaching Excellence in 2003 from the University of Colorado Parents Association for his work with the CU Collegiate Chorale.