HARRISON J. COLLINS (b. 1999) began composing at the young age of fourteen. Since then, he has made a name for himself across the United States as a skilled composer. He combines his musical studies in academic settings with years of self-teaching and a strong intuition to write music that challenges and connects to performers and listeners alike.

His works for wind ensemble, orchestra, and chamber ensembles are published by Murphy Music Press, Grand Mesa Music Publishers, C. Alan Publications, and more, and have been performed across the United States and internationally. He is a winner of numerous composition competitions, including the Sinta Quartet Composition Competition, the Dallas Winds Fanfare Competition, the National Young Composers Challenge, the Austin Symphony Orchestra's Texas Young Composers Competition, and multiple Fifteen Minutes of Fame competitions held by Vox Novus - including one in which his work was selected for performance by the acclaimed West Point Band.

​Harrison currently studies at Illinois State University with Dr. Roy Magnuson and Dr. Roger Zare, where he is seeking a degree in music composition and music education.

CURRENT AND UPCOMING PROJECTS

To Right Our Wrongs - concert band, commissioned as part of the Kneel Consortium
untitled Sonata for Bassoon
Till We Meet Again - wind ensemble
four architectures in normal, illinois​ - percussion quartet

SELECTED MEDIA
Young Voices (2018) - Brass and Percussion

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The Millennium Composers Initiative represents composers from all around the world at the beginning of their professional careers, regardless of their aesthetic, style, or background. Creating fresh and engaging new music for all types of ensembles and mediums, we strive to push the limits of what defines music and art through experimental, conventional, and interdisciplinary means, providing new experiences for audiences and artists everywhere.

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