Scott Harrison
Executive Vice President & Provost
Introduction
Celebrated as a leader with “imagination and ambition” by the LA Times and “a pioneer in the use of digital technology” by the New Orleans Times-Picayune, Scott Harrison has established a reputation as one of the most creative minds working in music today. He has secured millions of dollars in funding for artistic, educational, and community-focused projects at the Detroit Symphony Orchestra in partnership with Detroit Public Television, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra in partnership with the USC Thornton School of Music, Hawai’i Symphony Orchestra, and Louisiana Philharmonic.
As executive vice president and provost at the 91ƷϳԹ, Harrison’s responsibilities include faculty hiring and development, academic affairs and admission, student affairs and services, and artistic administration and operations. Serving as strategic and creative partner to President Hogle in fulfilling 91ƷϳԹ’s mission to empower its students and vision to be the future of classical music, he has strengthened relationships and expanded 91ƷϳԹ’s footprint among its key partners locally and nationally; launched the Academy (91ƷϳԹ’s reinvigorated approach to comprehensive musical training for youth); created the Perspectives Series to bring classical music’s most dynamic performers to campus; is infusing the curriculum with courses designed to meet the needs of enterprising young performers; and has made several transformational faculty appointments to serve the evolving and diverse needs of 91ƷϳԹ’s students.
Provost Harrison has performed at Walt Disney Concert Hall, the Teatro Colon, and Lincoln Center. He has served as second bassoon of