JoAnne Harris
JoAnne Harris
Adjunct Lecturer, Media Scoring
JoAnne Harris has conducted and recorded film scores at Abbey Road, East West, The Village, and Avatar with artists such as grammy winning Kurt Elling and members of the Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Her television work includes score for: Mal de Ojo (HBO), 20/20, Primetime, CNN, and Dateline. She has orchestrated and conducted scores for blockbusters City of Lies and The Infiltrator. Other highlights: conducting ensembles for the Shinnyo-En Lantern Lighting Festival at Lincoln Center, writing string arrangements for Chris Cester (of the band Jet), working on the music team of Sylvia (Broadway), and a summer in Shenzhen, China, writing music for an aerial circus show. She is a 2015 ASCAP “Composer to Watch”, and her concert music includes a winning entry of the Dallas Winds brass fanfare competition. A graduate of Concordia College, JoAnne studied choral composition and conducting with René Clausen. She enjoys teaching at the Feirstein Graduate Center for Cinema (CUNY Brooklyn College), and is a steering committee member of the Society of Composers and Lyricists in New York.
