Faculty/Staff Profile
Eric L. Harris, B.M.E., M.M.E., D.M.A.
Bryan Fine Arts Building (FA) 308 
(931) 372-3728
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Eric Harris is the Associate Director of Bands at Tennessee Tech University in Cookeville. Prior to his appointment at TTU, he taught for twelve years in the public schools of Charlotte, North Carolina. During this time, his middle and high school bands earned numerous superior ratings in concert and marching events across the state. In 1997, Dr. Harris was honored as one of twelve Time-Warner Star Teachers selected from over 6000 instructional staff in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg School System.
Dr. Harris holds the B.M.E. degree from Winthrop University in Rock Hill, South Carolina, where he studied with Dr. William F. Malambri. He also holds the M.M.E. and D.M.A. degrees from the University of Southern Mississippi (in Hattiesburg) where he studied with Dr. Thomas V. Fraschillo.
Dr. Harris is an elected member of the American School Band Director's Association and has enjoyed teaching, conducting, and judging invitations in North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky, and Mississippi. Other professional affiliations include CBDNA, the National Band Association, and honorary membership in Kappa Kappa Psi.
He is the author of Fundamentals of Music Theory for the Windband Student - a three-volume music theory workbook series published by NorthLand Music Publishers. He has also served as a contributing writer for Teaching Music Through Performance in Beginning Band – Volume Two, and most recently, for the Grove Dictionary of American Music, Second Edition.
