The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with Robert A. Harris

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The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with Robert A. Harris

8/25/2013

https://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/A2013.234

Conductor and music professor Robert A. Harris (1938 - ) , former Director of Choral Activities at Michigan State University, retired as professor emeritus of the Northwestern University Bienen School of Music in 2012. Harris was interviewed by The HistoryMakers on 8/25/2013, in Chicago, Illinois. This collection is comprised of the video footage of the interview.

Total Sessions: 1; Total Tapes: 7; Total Run Time: 02h 54m 55s

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Harris, Robert A. (Robert Allen), 1938-

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Music professor and conductor Robert A. Harris was born on January 9, 1938 in Detroit, Michigan. His father, Major Harris, was a factory worker; his mother, Rusha Harris, a homemaker. Harris attended Sherrill Elementary and graduated from Charles Chadsey High School in 1956. He studied at Wayne State University where he earned his B.A. degree in music education in 1960 and his M.A. degree in music on 1962. Harris briefly attended the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York and then receiv...