Featured Composer and Conductor: Brian T. Harris

We are excited to feature Brian T. Harris as a conductor and composer on our upcoming Spring Concert: Celebrate! on Sunday, April 26th! He will be leading the band in the world premiere of his own original composition, ANXIETY FOR BAND.

When asked about the work, Brian shared: "I wrote this piece over the course of about 10 years. It actually began as a brass ensemble piece, but, at the urging of my wife, Melanie, I rearranged and added to it to create the wind ensemble work we have today. The piece takes the listener through Anxiety; the panic, the eventual calmness that still bears undertones of fear, and back to the panic bringing the listener to a rousing close."

Brian T. Harris is currently a trombonist in the West Hills Symphonic Band and is serving as the Director of Bands at Robert Morris University. At Robert Morris, Mr. Harris conducts the Marching Show Band, Basketball and Hockey Pep Band, Wind Ensemble, Jazz Ensemble, Fife and Drum Corps, Commencement Band, Trombone Choir, and oversees student leadership and the Nu Gamma Chapter of Kappa Kappa Psi. Mr. Harris lives in Aliquippa, PA with his wife, Melanie.