Morgan Harrington is a composer, performer, and educator living in New York City. Harrington gravitates toward processes of imagining — attempting to capture the act of reaching toward that which has not yet been realized or given tangible form. His compositional voice is defined cyclical process-driven textures and an expressive harmonic language developed during years of practice as a jazz pianist and church organist.

Recent awards include selection as an artist-in-residence for the 2026 “Corti, Chiese E Cortili” festival in Bologna, Italy working with Quartetto Prometeo, and a composition fellowship with the Bang on a Can 2026 Summer Music Festival. Harrington’s compositions have been performed by professional ensembles including Hub New Music, Rhythm Method String Quartet, Dither Electric Guitar Quartet, the Budapest Symphony Orchestra and Contemporaneous Ensemble among others. As a performer, he has appeared as both a jazz pianist and experimental electronic musician at venues across the southeastern United States and in New York City since 2017. Harrington is the founder of TEND, an experimental multimedia performance project in collaboration with visual artist Ashleigh Hillen.

Harrington holds a M.A. in composition with a sub-concentration in classical piano performance from Radford University, a B.F.A. in jazz and contemporary music performance from UNC-Asheville, and a B.A. in history from UNC-Asheville. Harrington is pursuing a M.M. in Concert Composition at NYU, where he currently studies with Julia Wolfe.

Harrington is on the music faculty at Church Street School of Music and Art in Manhattan, New York. He lives with his spouse Ashleigh and their two cats in New York City.