Very beautiful and original music, the atmosphere is magic.

Red state butt rock meets hip hop for only the beefiest of television programming.

Power Surge

HARRIETLEHRE for orchestra

Performed on December 9, 2021 by the Yale Philharmonia
Ryan Tani, Conductor
© 2021 Harriet Steinke

Album art features original prints by Muriel Steinke / www.murielsteinke.com

Harrietlehre for Orchestra

IV. Mountain Kiss is the finale to Blankets: A Cinematic Graphic Novel - Part One. As the music begins, Craig and Raina (the main characters) decide to drive up the newly snow-covered mountain to spend the day there. At the end, the two lovers kiss for the first time. The 46 minute work, a film (assembled using photoshop and final cut) + conducted live score, was premiered on April 13, 2014 as a part of my senior recital.

http://www.johnalbertharris.com/compositions/blankets/

This recording was performed in the Fall of 2013. Jeni Gustafson, flute; Jessica Robinson, oboe; Alberto Mantovano, clarinet; Owen Carlos, bassoon; Hannah Varnau, percussion; Cara Haxo, piano; Tricia Frasure, violin; Logan Jones, viola; Katie Burns, cello; Alexandro Cazares, bass; John Albert Harris, conductor.

"Mountain Kiss" from Blankets: A Cinematic Graphic Novel

Raymonde, ou l'évasion verticale

Raymonde (générique de Fin)

Epitaph,(2019)
Text: Seiklos Epitaph, trans. Kalcheim

As long as you live, Shine!
Do not grieve at all. 
Life is but for a short while;
Time demands your end.

Alison Kaufman, soprano
Grant Mack, Piano

University of Oregon School of Music and Dance
October, 2019

Epitaph (art song -- 2019)

TOO BRIGHT TO SEE for string quartet

Live Performance on November 6, 2020

Performed by the Omer Quaret
Mason Yu, violin 
Erica Tursi, violin
Jinsun Hong, viola
Alex Cox, cello

© 2020 Harriet Steinke

too bright to see (Live Performance)

Marlen Nahas — Luz
Katerina Burton — Jenny
Sam Weiser — Ésteban/Gary
Conducted by David Neely

Read at the 2021 Washington National Opera American Opera Initiative Workshop, April

Las Auténticas

Dakota Corbliss — Horn
Matt Castner — Saxophone

Outdoor Warnings

as winged branches adrift, apart (2020)

premiered in Tokyo, Japan, July 2020
Thomas Piercy, clarinet
Schoichiro Tanaka, piano

Written for Tokyo to New York's "Moments in this Time" benefit concert for musicians affected by the 2020 pandemic. 

Program note:
As its title suggests, winged branches aims to give rise to deeply rooted material while it reaches further into a parallel universe. A sense of hopeful longing accompanied the writing of this piece and is reflected in imploring gestures and ambiguous harmonies.

as winged branches adrift, apart

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John Albert Harris is a composer, producer, and creator of cinematic graphic novels. He is based in New York City.

"Mountain Kiss" from Blankets: A Cinematic Graphic Novel

John Albert Harris

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