Henry Flurry, an award-winning composer, pianist, and
choral conductor, was born in 1964 in New Orleans,
Louisiana. He began his formal composition studies at the
New Orleans Center for Creative Arts, where he studied with
New Orleans composers Bert Braud and Ellis Marsalis. At
Northwestern University School of Music, he studied under
M. William Karlins, and in Ann Arbor, MI he studied
extensively under Marianne Ploger, a protégée of Nadia
Boulanger. In 2001, he received a scholarship to study
composition in Paris, France under Philip Lasser,
Narcis Bonet, Michel Merlet, and Samual Adler.
In 1987, he joined the Center for Performing Arts and
Technology at the University of Michigan’s School of Music
to teach computer music and research ways technology can be
used in the arts. From there he went on to co-found Media
Station, Inc., where he collaborated with artists to create
multimedia children CD-ROMs for many different publishers,
including Disney, Hasbro, Mattel, Scholastic, Crayola, IBM,
and Harper Collins. In 2002, he and his family moved to
Prescott, AZ. There he composes and teaches composition and
piano. He and his wife Maria share the position of Music
Director at Granite Peak Unitarian Universalist
Congregation and regularly perform together all across
Arizona as the duo Sticks and Tones.
Mr. Flurry composes for solo instruments and ensembles of
all sizes. His works have been commissioned by many groups,
including the Atlanta Wind Symphony, Kennesaw State
University, Yavapai Community College, and Balance Duo. His
orchestral work Fanfare for My City was selected by the
Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra to be their official
fanfare and has received numerous performances by that
group. His many choral works, both sacred and secular,
have been performed multiple times by different
choirs.