Assistant Professor of Music Choral
Performing Arts
Dorothy Dickson Darte Center Room 305
joshua.harper@wilkes.edu
(570) 408-4434
Praised for his 鈥渋nspired鈥 conducting (The Daily Courier), Dr. Joshua Harper is thrilled to be going into his 5th season as Guest Conductor with the Arizona Philharmonic conducting Bach鈥檚 monumental St. John Passion. Harper was recently named the second Artistic Director for the Choral Society of Northeast Pennsylvania as they enter their 26th season. Along with their regular season programming, he will lead the Society in collaborations with the Northeast Pennsylvania Philharmonic and Maestra M茅lisse Brunet. Shortly after his time in Arizona, Harper will lead the Wilkes Chamber Singers as they join forces with the Arcadia Chorale for Bach鈥檚 B-minor Mass, also in late March 鈥25.
Dr. Harper is currently the Director of Choral Activities and Assistant Professor of Choral Conducting & Applied Voice at 正澳门六合彩开奖直播 in Pennsylvania. At Wilkes, he conducts the Chamber Singers and University Chorus. He also teaches music theory, and private voice, and serves as the musical director for all musical productions. He has performed on some of the nation鈥檚 largest stages, including Carnegie Hall and Jazz At Lincoln Center. Harper is the founder of the Quartz Ensemble, a fully professional chamber choir drawing singers from across the country of international renown. He maintains an active schedule singing, adjudicating, and presenting his research across Pennsylvania and Arizona, as well as engagements in Tennessee later next Spring. He holds the Doctor of Music degree from the Jacobs School of Music, Indiana University with a minor in Music History and Literature.
- Harper: 鈥淒rawing The Line: Caroline Shaw鈥檚 Use of Baroque Dance Forms in Partita for 8 Voices.鈥, (2020), The Choral Scholar & American Choral Review, Vol. 58, No. 3, 26-49.
- Harper: 鈥淐aroline Shaw's use of Renaissance and Baroque dance forms in her Partita for 8 voices鈥, (2020) IUScholarworks, Indiana University.
- Schubert, Franz (ed. Harper), (2015) Die Einsiedelei, Colla Voce Music, INC.
Preach, Sister, Preach (2019), Katherine Jolly, soprano,
鈥淎bsent an Adjustment鈥 with Joshua Harper, conducting; Parma Records;
- Harper: (2025) Pennsylvania State Thespian Conference, 鈥淢aking The Cut: The Art of Cutting Your Audition Material鈥.
- Harper: (2024) Mountain Artist Guild Presentation: 鈥淒rawing the Line: Use of Sol Lewitt鈥檚 Wall Drawings in Caroline Shaw鈥檚 Partita for 8 Voices.鈥
- Harper: (2023) Pennsylvania State Thespian Conference, 鈥淏eyond The "Warmup": Doing More With Your Vocal Exercises鈥
- Harper, Dickau, & Laney: (2022) Idaho ACDA Non-Mixed Choral Festival, adjudicator, and clinician
- Harper, Cossey, Peterson: (2022) Arizona ACDA High School Choral Invitational, adjudicator, and clinician
- Harper, Cossey: (2021) Arizona ACDA 2021 Summer Workshop, 鈥淟ooking Forward: Resources, Repertoire, and Advice for the Choral Professional
- Harper, Mabry: (2020) Austin Peay University, Graduate Opera Workshop, 鈥淭he Opera Chorus鈥,
- Harper: (2020) Yavapai College Library Distinguished Guest Lecture Series, 鈥淒rawing the Line: Historical Connections in the Music of Caroline Shaw鈥,
- Harper, Clark: (2016) Massachusetts Music Educators Association, High School Choral Music Reading Session,