In 1996 Michael was accepted, on scholarship, to Berklee College of Music, Boston. He graduated, June of 2000 with a dual major in Music Synthesis and Contemporary Writing and Production. Directly after, Michael was contracted as the lead male vocalist for ‘Holiday on Ice-In Concert’. The show opened in Paris in August, 2000 and toured Europe for three years. Throughout his creative partnership Joy Mechanics, Michael and longtime friend and collaborator Michael Holgate have produced 2 albums and staged a World-Alternative music and arts festival- ‘Gungo Walk’ In 2014, Michael presented ‘Lionheart: Cultural Currency’ at TEDx, Berklee Valencia, where he introduced the concept behind his current project- ‘Folkbeats and Blipspeak’, a fusion of Jamaican Folk and electronic Music. Michael earned a Master’s degree in Music Technology Innovation from Berklee College of Music’s Valencia campus and worked as an academic consultant for the African Music Institute in Libreville, Gabon. He is a former Acting Dean, and Director of Studies for the School of Music at the Edna Manley College. He has also taught Pop/Jazz voice and Jazz Harmony and has written music technology and performance courses for their degree programme, and specializes in performance and procedural design and music technology. He is currently serving as the Head of the Performance Department. https://www.michaelseanharris.com/about