John Harbison is one of America's most prominent composers. Among his principal works are three string quartets, three symphonies, three operas, and the cantata The Flight Into Egypt, which earned him a Pulitzer Prize. Harbison has been Composer-in-Residence with the Pittsburgh Symphony; Los Angeles Philharmonic; the Tanglewood, Marlboro, and Santa Fe Chamber Festivals; and the American Academy in Rome. His music has been performed by many of the world's leading ensembles, and more than thirty of his works have been recorded. Harbison did his undergraduate work at Harvard and earned an MFA from Princeton. Following completion of a junior fellowship at Harvard, he joined the faculty at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He received a MacArthur Fellowship in 1989 and has been currently on the faculty of the Aspen Music Festival.