Michael Sean Harris

Michael Sean Harris graduated from Berklee College of Music in June 2000 with a dual major in music synthesis and contemporary writing and production. He has served as director of studies and dean for the School of Music at the Edna Manley College in Kingston, Jamaica. He earned a master's degree in music technology and innovation from Berklee College of Music’s Valencia campus and has worked as an academic consultant for the African Music Institute in Libreville, Gabon.

In February 2020, Harris launched his podcast, Mike’s Moment of..., which serves as a platform for documenting and sharing the stories of some of the well-known champions and unsung heroes of Jamaican culture. He recently published his first book, Mike’s Pocket Performance Pointers, aimed at improving the stagecraft of vocalists.

Harris is a primary consultant with Digicel Rising Stars, acting as a performance coach, and he can also be seen regularly on television as one of the resident judges on the High School Choir competition TVJ’s All Together Sing. He continues to work on his lifelong project Folkbeats and Blipspeak, an exploration of the fusion of Jamaican folk music with electronic beats and textures. His latest innovation is the online school Reggae On-Line, an online portal to courses on Jamaican culture.