David's Biography

David Harris is a consummate musician with a highly varied and diverse background. Born in 1970 in the Kansas City area, David demonstrated an interest in music at a very young age. By the age of 2, he began playing the piano and took up lessons shortly thereafter. At the age of 18, David moved to Wichita, Kansas where he received degrees in Piano Performance and Piano Pedagogy from Wichita State University.

While in Wichita, David quickly established himself as a society pianist and served as the resident music director and house pianist for many respected establishments, including the Crown Uptown Professional Dinner Theatre, and the Empire House Restaurant and Theater, where he served as music director for numerous musicals.

In January of 1999, David moved from Kansas to the East Coast, where he served as music director and pianist for Unity Church of Sussex County in Lafayette, New Jersey, organist and choirmaster at St. Timothy’s Episcopal Church in Fairfield, Connecticut, and most recently director of music and organist at St. Thomas Aquinas Church, also in Fairfield, Connecticut.

David has also served as pianist for three Off-Broadway musical productions at the York Theatre Company in New York City, including Taking A Chance On Love, Postcards On Parade, and The Grass Harp. Moreover, David has worked as arranger and orchestrator for many organizations, including the prestigious Rodgers & Hammerstein Foundation in New York City.

In addition to local theatre projects David is often seen performing at private parties, restaurants, piano bars and cabarets in the greater New York City and Connecticut area.  David performs and records albums regularly as the Pianist of the Piano / Theatre Organ "Dynamic Duo" of David Harris and Jelani Eddington.

Phone:   1-203-913-3372
         
David Harris Productions
P.O. Box 38202
Bridgeport, Connecticut 
06605

www.davidharrisproductions.com