About
I didn't come to this work
through performance. I came to
it through listening.
Scholar-Practitioner
Myranda Harris is a scholar-artist, ethnographer, and creative leader whose practice integrates research, arts facilitation, and community engagement. Her work is guided by a conviction that creativity is not a luxury, it is a fundamental human need.
Trained in ethnomusicology and qualitative research methods, Myranda has conducted fieldwork in India, Ghana, and Indonesia, studying the role of music, rhythm, and narrative in community life.
Her teaching experience spans university classrooms, senior care communities, and grassroots cultural spaces—always with an emphasis on participant voice, creative agency, and ethical practice.
Methodology
The Creative Agency Framework
My work is grounded in the Creative Agency Framework—an approach that integrates rhythm, storytelling, and lived experience to restore connection, authorship, and identity. This framework guides my work across community programs, research, and storytelling.
Rhythm
Embodied practice that reconnects us to presence, intuition, and collective memory.
Story
Deep listening and narrative that honors lived experience and cultural truth.
Agency
The restoration of authorship, dignity, and creative power in every individual.
Why This Work Matters
We live in a time of profound disconnection from our bodies, our stories, our
communities. Creativity has been professionalized, monetized, and gatekept until
most people believe it doesn't belong to them.
My work exists to challenge that. Through rhythm, story, and facilitated creative
experience, I help people reclaim what was always theirs: the right to make, to
express, to be heard.
Let's Work Together
Whether you're an organization seeking programming, a funder exploring
creative aging, or an individual drawn to rhythm and story. I'd love to connect.