Michael Harrison
Instrumental Music Grades 6-12
mharrison @cdacharter.org |class website

• B.M. Music Education & Trumpet Performance, University of Arizona -Magna Cum Laude
• Seven years teaching experience in Arizona as Director of Bands at Utterback Performing Arts Middle School in Tucson, Arizona
• Former director of the Tucson JazzWerx, a regional jazz education program
• Professional Trumpeter: performances with the Glenn Miller Orchestra, Tucson Symphony Orchestra, Arizona Theatre Company, & the Disney All-Star Band.
• Featured on the 2009 & 2010 Jerry Lewis MDA National Telethons with the Arizona Roadrunners Jazz Band.
• Notable performances with Wayne Newton, Art Garfunkel, Jerry Lewis, Doc Severinsen, Marvin Hamlisch, Linda Rondstadt,The Smothers Brothers, The Temptations; touring broadway productions of Chicago, Legally Blonde, High School Musical, The Rat Pack and Full Monty.
• Received a $17000 education grant from Best Buy to implement music technology