Craig R. Harris

718 6th Street SE
Minneapolis MN 55414-1318
Telephone: (612) 272-2220
Fax: (612) 362-0097
Email: craig@kolmon.com

Education

Nautilus Music Theater Composer-Librettist Studio (1997)
Ph.D. Music Composition: Eastman School of Music (1986)
Master of Music Composition: Eastman School of Music (1983)
Bachelor of Music Composition: University of Toronto (1976)

Commissions

Selected Performances and Collaborations

Concert and Music Theater Works

Multimedia Projects

Sound Design and Installations

Selected Papers and Publications

"Art and Innovation - the Xerox PARC Artist-in-Residence Program," The MIT Press, edited by Craig Harris (1999)
"Configurable Space XIII – Creativity and Communication," Proceedings of the 1995 Brazilian Symposium on Computer Graphics and Image Processing (1995)
"Computer Music in Context," Contemporary Music Review, Harwood Academic Press, London, England (Volume 13, Part 2), edited by Craig Harris (1996)
"Configuring Hospitable Space - Fantasy and Fantastic Media," Contemporary Music Review, Harwood Academic Press, London, England (Volume 13, Part 2, edited by Craig Harris) (1992)
"The Leonardo Almanac: International Resources in Art, Science and Technology,” The MIT Press, edited by Craig Harris (1993)
"Artistic Necessity, Context Orientation, Configurable Space,” Companion to Contemporary Musical Thought (London and New York: Routledge), Paynter, Howell, Orton and Seymour, ed., chapter 22 (1992)

Work Experience

Composition

Composer & Music Director – the Playwrights' Center (2010)
Guest Composer – Eastman School of Music Computer Music Center, 25th Anniversary Concert Series (2007); School of Music at Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil (1995); Center for Art, Media, and Technology in Utrecht, Holland (1988)
Composer in the Schools – Minneapolis Public Schools: projects at Marcy Open School, Jefferson Public School & Whittier Public School (1996-2001)
Creative Residencies – The Banff Center for the Arts (1986 & 1988)

Non-Profit Arts Administration

Interim Director of The Playwrights’ Center (2010); Managing Director of The Playwrights’ Center (2007 - 2009); Executive Director of The Ritz Theater Foundation (2004 – 2007); Executive Director of Ballet of the Dolls, Inc. (1999 – 2007); Executive Director of Leonardo, the International Society for the Arts, Sciences and Technology (ISAST) (1991-1993); President of the International Computer Music Association (1985-1989)

Current Community Service

Caponi Art Park and Learning Center, Board of Directors President; Open Eye Figure Theatre, Board of Directors