Alonzo “Zo” Harris is widely-respected educator, musical director, arranger, and musician. He earned a Bachelors of Music in Creative Music Technology from LaGrange College and a Master’s of Music in Contemporary Improvisation with a concentration in the aural traditions of music deeply-rooted within the African Diaspora from the New England Conservatory of Music.
As an educator, he has more than a decade of experience at Berklee College of Music (where he served as Assistant Professor of Ensembles), the State University of New York at Oneonta, Northeastern University, Suffolk University, and the Apollo Theater Education series. Recently, he joined the Music Industry Advisory Board of the VH1 Save the Music Foundation.
As a performer, Alonzo has appeared with 4-time GRAMMY-winning artist, H.E.R. on the GRAMMY telecast and the GRAMMY tributes to Aretha Franklin and Prince. In addition, his work has been heard and seen on Saturday Night Live, the Late Show with David Letterman, The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, the Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Live with Jimmy Kimmel, Late Night with Seth Meyers, the Late Late Show with James Corden, The Today Show, Good Morning America, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, the NAACP Image Awards, BET Awards, MTV Video Music Awards, and Sesame Street. His live performances include the iHeart Music Festival, Global Citizens Festival, Apple Music Festival, Black Girls Rock, and the Coachella Music Festival.
As a musical director, keyboardist, arranger, and programmer, Harris has collaborated with, among others, H.E.R., Rickey Minor, Sheila E, Angelo Morris, Adam Blackstone, Onree Gill, Kim Burse, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, Sting, Janelle Monae, the late Betty Wright, Lenny Kravitz, 21 Savage, Travis Barker (Blink-182), Dr. Bobby Jones Gospel, Tyrese, SWV, Shirley Caesar, Skip Marley, and Chris Brown. He has served as musical director of two Off-Broadway musicals, “Mighty Real: A Fabulous Sylvester Musical” and “An Evening With Phyllis Hyman.”
Using his extensive industry experiences, Alonzo has dedicated his daily life to mentoring and providing resources to help those on similar paths to success.