Frederick Harris Jr.

Frederick Harris, Jr. is the Director of Wind and Jazz Ensembles and Senior Lecturer in Music at MIT. He is also the conductor and founder of the Groton Hill Wind Ensemble. Dr. Harris has been highly active with public school students and teachers throughout his career, leading seminars and guest conducting. He has written books and articles related to conducting, jazz, and music performance. Dr. Harris and his students have been featured on NPR, PBS, and have been the subjects of two Emmy-winning documentaries. He is the recipient of two Levitan Awards for Excellence in Teaching and the 2026 recipient of the MIT Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. faculty Leadership Award.