LARRY HARRIS
EDUCATION/TRAINING
INSTITUTION AND LOCATION
DEGREE
YEAR
FIELD OF STUDY
Oklahoma State University-Stillwater
Bachelor’s degree
1972-1976
& 2013
Music/Business
Capella University
MS
Projected
graduation
Counseling Psychology
12/16
Professional employment:
1983 – present
1990 – present
2012-2013
2013 – present
Professional Baritone, opera, international
Vocal coach/teacher (private practice)
Consultant, The Prosody Project: curriculum development, Noble
Foundation
Vocal therapist and research assistant at the Montefiore Center for Communication
Disorders and Autism
Research Grant Support:
2013-2014
Co - Investigator, The Prosody Project: Pilot Study of Efficacy, Noble Foundation
Books, Chapters in Books, and Review Articles:
Dunn, M. and Harris, L. The Music of Speech: A curriculum to improve voice and prosody. London: Jessica Kingsley
Publishers (in press)
Other Education
1976-1979
University of Houston Professional Studies (studied voice with Steve Harbachick)
1985-1986
Texas State University Professional Studies (studied voice with Leonore Sergi, Arturo Sergi;
coaching and stage direction with Bert Neely)
1987
University of California At Santa Barbara Vocal Institute (studied voice with Elizabeth
Manion; coaching with Martial Singer, Gordon Getty)
1987-1989
Private Vocal Study (studied voice with Leonore Sergi, Fiora Contino, Walter DeCloux –
University of Texas, Austin)
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1990-1993
1991-1992
1992-1993
1995-2012
New York Metropolitan Opera (studied voice with James King, Jon Vickers, Giovanni Consiglio,
Ruth Falcon; coaching with Bob Cowart, Joan Dornemann, Walter Taussig)
New Jersey Vocal Institute (studied voice with Jerome Hines, Franco Corelli, Dodi Protero)
Manhattan School of Music (studied voice with Mignon Dunn, James King)
Private Vocal Study/Coaching (Phyllis Curtin-Tanglewood Voice Academy) (Sherrill Milnes Vocal Experience Young Artists Program, NYC) (Carmella Altamura-Caruso/Altamura Foundation
Young Artists) (Allan Altman -VAI Recordings) (Robert White - NYU)
Performance Experience
1977
Houston Grand Opera, Chorus, Il Travatore
1991-1995
Soloist St. Savior’s Church, Brooklyn, NY
2000-2009
Soloist St. Brendan’s Church, Bronx, NY
2004
Title role in RIGOLETTO with Philadelphia's Kimmel Center Center City Opera
2005
Title role in RIGOLETTO with Connecticut Grand Opera
2006
The Duke in THE GONDOLIERS with Opera North
2006
Scarpia in TOSCA with Opera North
2007
Scarpia in TOSCA with Opera East Texas
2007
The Burgomaster in THE RED MILL with Lincoln Center's Little Orchestra
Society
2007
Tonio in I PAGLIACCI with Philadelphia's Kimmel Center Center City Opera
2007
Title role in RIGOLETTO with Opera Company of Brookly
2007
Title role in RIGOLETTO with New Rochelle Opera
2007
Germont in LA TRAVIATA with San Antonio Opera
2007
Bass soloist in BEETHOVEN'S 9TH SYMPHONY with Texarkana Symphony Orchestra
2007
Soloist for the Richard Tucker Foundation (arias)
2008
Title role in RIGOLETTO with Sherman Symphony Orchestra
2008
The High Priest in SAMSON & DELILA with Hawaii Opera
2008
King Melchior in AMAHL & THE NIGHT VISITORS with Lincoln Center's
Little Orchestra Society
2009
King Melchior in AMAHL & THE NIGHT VISITORS with Fort Worth Opera
2009
Count di Luna in IL TROVATORE with San Antonio Opera
2009
Scarpia in TOSCA - Carnegie Hall (Italian Academy Foundation)
2009-2015
Soloist Immaculate Heart Of Mary Church, Scarsdale, NY
2010
Title role in RIGOLETTO in Culiacan & Mazatlan, Mexico (under the baton
of Mexico's most celebrated conductor, Enrique Patron de Rueda)
2010
Carnegie Hall - Weill Recital Hall (Scarpia, Jago) (Italian Academy Foundation)
2010
Merkin Hall (Scarpia, Jago) (Italian Academy Foundation
2012
Scarpia in TOSCA with Abilene Opera
2012
Tonio in I PAGLIACCI with Altamura Arts
2013
Recording release – Romanze: Songs of Tosti
2014
Bass Soloist – Handel’s Messiah, Immaculate Heart Of Mary Church
2015
Bass Soloist – Handel’s Messiah, Immaculate Heart Of Mary Church
Vocal Teaching
1992-2010
2001-2002
2002-2009
Award winning educational outreach program “From Football to Opera” (NY, PA, NJ, TX,
OK, Conn., GA)
St. Brendan’s Parochial School General Music teacher grades K-8
St. Brendan’s Community School of Music (co-founder and studio voice teacher for male
and female students)
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2002-2013
2009
2009
2010
2011
2011
2012-present
2013
Awards
1990
1992-1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
2005
2008
2009
2014
Private Studio – male and female students
Master Class High School, Atlanta, Georgia
Master Class University of Texas, Tyler, Texas
Master Class Austin College, Sherman, Texas
Master Class University of Texas, Tyler, Texas
Master Class, Texas State University
Vocal therapist for high functioning individuals with autism – private practice
Master Class, St Louis, Missouri
Training grant from the Metropolitan Opera National Council
Full scholarship to Manhattan School of Music (vocal performance)
Career Grant from the New York City Wagner Society
Training Scholarship from the Metropolitan Opera Guild
Gunther Kossodo Career Grant from the New York City Wagner Society
Career Grant from the New York City Wagner Society
Connecticut Grand Opera's RIGOLETTO Opera Online nomination
Best Leading Male Performance
Grand Prize & First Place Audience award 2008 Altamura/Caruso International Voice Competition
(Te Deum from Puccini's TOSCA - Maestro Anton Coppola)
National Grand Prize Award, Tyler Symphony League, for “From Football to
Opera” educational program
NAMA Record of the Year, Romanze: Songs of Tosti
Other Employment
Professional Football Player:
1972-1975
Oklahoma State University Defensive End and Offensive Guard (head coach Jim Stanley)
1976
NFL -Drafted in 7th round - Houston Oilers
1976-1980
Houston Oilers Offensive Tackle (coach Bum Phillips, offensive line coach Joe Bugel)
1978
Buffalo Bills (head coach Chuck Knox)
1979-1980
Houston Oilers (1979 AFC Playoffs) (head coach Bum Phillips, Defensive line coach Wade Phillips)
1981
CFL – Toronto Argonauts (coach Forrest Gregg)
1983
USFL – New Orleans Breakers (coach Dick Coury)
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