Mr. Harrison has recorded for Koch International Classics and New World Records and has been broadcast internationally on PRI. As First Violinist of the Montclaire String Quartet, his touring and performance schedule included internationally televised and recorded concerts. He has also performed as First Violin of the Amernet String Quartet, first-prize winner of the Banff International String Quartet Competition.
As a soloist, Mr. Harrison has performed with orchestras in major cities internationally. Former leadership positions include Concertmaster of The West Virginia Symphony Orchestra, and The Vermont Symphony Orchestra. He was also a substitute member of The Boston Symphony Orchestra and The Boston Pops Orchestra.
In 2004 and 2005, Mr. Harrison was a researcher in Barry Vercoe 's Music, Mind, and Machine group at MIT's Media Laboratory. The group explores how machines and people perceive sound and music, and how technology may transform our experience with music: how it is composed, how it is learned, how it is perceived, and how it is transmitted. Mr. Harrison continues this research at WSU under CRATEL. CRATEL will function as a hub to empower artistic expression through technology and to explore of how technology and the arts might together cross disciplinary and cultural boundaries.
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