Stephen Harrison

Stephen Harrison is cellist of the Ives Quartet and has been on the Stanford University faculty since 1983.
He is a graduate of Oberlin College and Boston University, where he received the Award for Distinction in
Graduate Performance. Former principal cellist of the Opera Company of Boston, the New England
Chamber Orchestra and the Chamber Symphony of San Francisco, he has performed on National Public
Radio, the BBC, and on both German State Radio and the Netherlands State Radio. As solo cellist of the
San Francisco Contemporary Music Players, he has toured internationally and recorded on the Delos, CRI,
New Albion and Newport Classics labels. He has also performed on both the Music of the Sacred and
Profane" and New and Unusual Music Series presented by the San Francisco Symphony, and for Chamber
Music West. With the Stanford and later the Ives Quartet Mr. Harrison has toured internationally and
recorded for the AIX Entertainment, Music and Arts and Laurel labels. He has been on the faculty of the
Pacific Music Festival.

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