HARRIS, Abby

Abby Harris is a New York City-based composer and pianist. She currently studies with Robert Cuckson at Mannes School of Music as a composition major, and has studied with Timo Andres, Ricardo Zohn-Muldoon, Tamar Muskal, and Kevin James. Abby’s works have earned recognition from MATA, Jr., NFMC, Robert Avalon, and others. A chamber version of Abby’s piece “nature.trail” was featured at the American Composers Orchestra Fall Gala in October of 2022, and her piano trio “Sheva,” written during her Luna Lab Fellowship, was performed in spring of 2023 at the opening of the international art exhibition “Genesis: The Beginning of Creativity.” This year, Duo Envol premiered a commissioned piece for flute and cello at Union College.