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made by the symphony involve a part-
nership with radio station WRCJ-FM
(90.9 on the dial), which broadcasts
about 10 concerts a year and streams
them through the station's website.
There are recording projects to pro-
duce CDs as well as digital downloads,
available through Amazon and iTunes.
TV projects are taken on when pos-
sible.
"We try to use all the mediums so
people can connect with us in different
ways, but the Internet is certainly the
largest one because it offers the largest
reach:' Harrison says. "We regularly
communicate through Facebook and
Twitter."
Harrison explains that the com-
mitment to digital opportunities hap-
pened about three years ago.
"The DSO wanted to become the
most accessible orchestra on the
planet:' he says. "We wanted to use all
the mediums at our disposal to make
great music available to everyone. It is
a way of sharing our art with existing
audiences and reaching new audiences
globally."
Music first reached Harrison most
deeply through an interest in instru-
mental performance.
"I fell in love with music while
attending high school and became a
bassoonist:' says Harrison, who grew
up on Long Island and was active with
Temple Judea in Manhasset, N.Y. "I
wanted to pursue music in college but
also had other interests.
"I went to Northwestern University
in Evanston, Ill., and did a double
major in bassoon studies and politi-
cal science. I got a master's in bassoon
performance at Southern Methodist
University in Dallas, where there actu-
ally is a large Jewish population.
As I had work-study roles and
did an internship with the Dallas
Symphony Orchestra, I got to learn
about the behind-the-scenes workings
of the orchestral world, and it reso-
nated with me. I knew I could be most
fulfilled administratively:'
After spending a summer at
Tanglewood with the Boston
Symphony Orchestra administra-
tion, Harrison worked on educational
and community programs with the
New Jersey Symphony Orchestra.
Responsibilities for marketing and
digital media with the Indianapolis
Symphony Orchestra preceded his
move to Detroit.
Harrison has not given up on the
bassoon.
"I travel to Haiti once or twice a year
and work with a music program there
reveals Harrison, who has played bas-
soon with the Indianapolis Symphony
Orchestra, Shreveport (La.) Symphony
Orchestra and Dallas Wind Symphony.
"It's social development through
music. I perform, teach and work with
students.
"I'm also involved with BLUME
Haiti, a nonprofit. We do fundraising
to further support music education
and development work with a focus on
building the infrastructure and capac-
ity of schools."
Harrison became moved by the
problems faced in Haiti after visit-
ing a friend, Jonathan Katz, a former
Associated Press reporter who covered
the 2010 earthquake and wrote The
Big Truck That Went By: How the
World Came to Save Haiti and Left
Behind a Disaster.
Travel to Haiti resulted in meetings
with educators and projects.
Harrison's work in Detroit led to
a different kind of meeting that is
changing his life. Angela Detlor, for-
merly on the symphony staff and now
a fundraising consultant, became his
fiancee, and they are planning a sum-
mer wedding.
"We live in Midtown, and I've fallen
in love with this area: Harrison says. "I
try to bike around the city, and we eat
in restaurants every place that we can.
"I belong to the Isaac Agree
Downtown Synagogue. I love its mis-
sion and host a seder every year.
Most of the people who come are not
Jewish, but they enjoy experiencing
who we are.
"My fiancee is not Jewish so we're
going to do a combination of things
for the wedding. The ceremony will be
on Belle Isle and the reception at the
Detroit Mercantile Co. [near Eastern
Market], catered by Zingerman's:'
Harrison, having fun on an ice
hockey team with an adult league in
Royal Oak, is moving along with plans
for the DSO future.
"I know there will be a day when
every concert is webcast," he says.
"We're working our way up to it. We've
talked about how we want this venue
known as a venue digitally available
for everything produced here."
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Upcoming DSO webcasts include Leon Fleisher & Shostakovich 10
(3 p.m. Sunday, April 6); Special Event: Yo-Yo Ma with the DSO (7:30
p.m. Wednesday, April 9); Beethoven Violin Concerto (10:45 a.m. Friday,
April 25); Lortie Plays Chopin (10:45 a.m. Friday, May 2); Bronfman
Plays Beethoven (3 p.m. Sunday, May 18); Elgar Cello Concerto (7:30
p.m. Thursday, May 22); and Season Finale: Mahler's Third Symphony
(8 p.m. Friday, May 30). Go to www.dso.org/live.
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