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John in Wiedemann Hall, Wichita State University Photo by Glen Chambers |
Mr. Harrison recently returned to Wichita after taking a leave to pursue research at Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Media Laboratory. At the Media Laboratory, he explored possibilities for the integration of technology with music perception, performance and learning.
As a musician, Mr. Harrison has recorded for Koch International Classics and New World Records and has been broadcast internationally on Public Radio International. 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 violin soloist, he has performed with orchestras in major cities internationally. His 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. He continues this research under CRATEL and Hack.Art.Lab. Both CRATEL and Hack.Art.Lab function as hubs to empower artistic expression through technology and to explore of how technology and the arts might together cross disciplinary and cultural boundaries.