Harris Ipock

Harris Ipock serves as Director of Choral Activities and Coordinator of Vocal Studies at Denison University. He has previously conducted ensembles at Harvard University, Shenandoah University, Boston University, and Clayton State University. As a soloist and chorister, he regularly performs with professional ensembles across the country, including Conspirare, the Santa Fe Desert Chorale, Kinnara Ensemble, Cincinnati Vocal Arts Ensemble, Artefact Ensemble and Yale Choral Artists. He appears on two Grammy-nominated albums, House of Belonging (Delos, 2023) and The Singing Guitar (Delos, 2021) and the Grammy-winning recording The Sacred Spirit of Russia (Harmonia Mundi, 2015), as well as several other commercial recordings. He has performed in headlining ensembles at several state, regional, and national ACDA and Chorus America conferences.

Harris has conducted performances in Carnegie Hall, Symphony Hall (Boston), and Kioi Hall (Tokyo), and the Taipei National Concert Hall. He served as choirmaster for Odyssey Opera’s debut performance of Wagner’s Rienzi and has guest conducted for professional ensembles such as the Virginia Chorale. Most recently, he has served as a clinician in Ohio and Michigan, and led the Harvard Glee Club alumni chorus in a tour of Japan. Harris is currently R&R chair for Universities with the Ohio Choral Directors Association. He holds a Doctor of Musical Arts from Eastman School of Music, a Master of Music from East Carolina University, and a Bachelor of Music in vocal performance and a Bachelor of Arts in economics from UNC-Chapel Hill.