Thatcher Harrison is an American guitarist and composer. As a composer, he expands the boundaries of classical guitar repertoire through what he terms “classical fusion” composition: pieces based in classical composition and performance techniques, but with influences from other musical genres such as jazz, rock, fingerstyle guitar, blues, pop, folk, film score, and world music.
As a guitarist, he chooses to perform programs consisting primarily of his own compositions. Thatcheris currently working to establish a career as a concert artist, and has performed for Boston Classical Guitar Society, Austin Classical Guitar Society, Milwaukee Classical Guitar Society, Portsmouth NH Guitar Sundays Concert Series, Rhode Island Guitar Guild, Connecticut Guitar Guild, Boston Guitarfest, University of Rhode Island Guitar and Mandolin Festival, Twents Gitaarfestival, Pleven Guitar Festival, Domaine Forget International Music Festival, and The 21st Century Guitar Conference, among others.
Thatcher holds a Bachelor of Music degree in Classical Guitar Performance from New England Conservatory where he studied under Eliot Fisk and Jérôme Mouffe and composition with Ian Wiese and a Master of Music degree in Classical Guitar Performance from the Peck School of the Arts at University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, (where he studied with Rene Izquierdo and Kevin Loh). He also studies composition privately with Avi Randall. Thatcher’s formational music teachers include Scott Borg, Grisha Goryachev, William Kingsland, Will Riley, Jim Robitaille, Matt Richard, Lou Shepard, and John Sousa.