Michael Harcrow
Horn
DMA (University of North Texas), MM (University of Miami), BMusEd (West Texas State University)
Messiah University: Professor of Music (Horn, Music Theory, Chamber Brass)
Gettysburg Chamber Orchestra: Second Horn
Pennsylvania Regional Ballet Orchestra: Second Horn
Classical Music Festival, Eisenstadt, Austria: Second Horn
International Horn Society e-Newsletter: Editor-in-Chief
CSSM faculty since 2015
Michael A. Harcrow is a Texas native now residing in Pennsylvania. After 3 years of mission work in Asia for the Continental Singers, Dr. Harcrow became a horn performer and professor in South Korea where he held faculty positions at Mokwon University in Taejon and at the Korean National University of Arts in Seoul; he was concurrently principal horn in the Korean Symphony Orchestra at the Seoul Arts Center. In the United States, he has been a member of the Amarillo Symphony Orchestra, the San Angelo Symphony Orchestra, the South Florida Symphony Orchestra, the Miami City Ballet Orchestra, and the Grant Park Symphony Orchestra, in addition to performing regularly with the Fort Worth, Memphis, Harrisburg, and York (PA) Symphony Orchestras. Dr. Harcrow held a three-year teaching fellowship at the University of North Texas and has also taught at Texas Woman’s University and Midwestern State University. He is the founder of the Covered Bridge Brass, the editor of the International Horn Society Newsletter Horn and More, and he is an active composer and festival adjudicator.