Richard Harris (composer)
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• Richard Harris studied composition and orchestration at the University of Edinburgh, where his tutors included Kenneth Leighton
• At Edinburgh he co-founded the contemporary classical ensemble Piano Circus, with whom he was a member until 2002, commissioning and performing works by Arvo Pärt, Brian Eno, Philip Glass and Steve Reich
• The ensemble was signed to Decca/Argo, producing five CDs
• Compositions by Harris feature on the Argo CD Loopholes, and in full on the ensemble's own CD Landscapes Of The Heart; he also produced successful arrangements of works by Terry Riley and Thomas Ades
• His work Hexada was featured in the UK television programme The Score
• In 1992 Harris began teaching piano, theory and A-level music at Westminster School, where he himself had been a pupil
• In 1994 Harris became a published author with Faber Music, and in 1997 was chosen by the film composer Carl Davis to be his personal music arranger
• Harris's books range from his own compositions and educational tutors to film, jazz and pop arrangements, and include collaborations with Evelyn Glennie and Joanna MacGregor
• In 1999 Harris's arrangement of Terry Riley's Keyboard Study No
• 2 was chosen by Pete Townshend as the supporting music for Townshend's Lifehouse concert at Sadler's Wells