Their visit is part of a three-week concert tour and artist residency funded by the International Research Exchange and Mississippi State's Humanities and Arts Research Program.
They will be artists-in-residence at the Prague Conservatory of Music, one of Europe's pre-eminent music institutions. Each also will perform recitals and conduct master classes throughout the Czech Republic. Performances will broadcast by Czech radio. The European tour will end with a performance at the Hochschuler fur Musik in Frankfurt, Germany.
When they return, the duo will perform a recital at Mississippi State of works composed for them by Czech composers.
Johns holds bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Cincinnati and a doctorate from Florida State University. She joined the Mississippi State faculty in 1992.
Harrison holds bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of North Carolina and Indiana University. He received a doctorate from Northwestern University. He joined the Mississippi State faculty in 1987.
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