James Harrison Monaco
Photo: Jacquelyn Pascucci
James Harrison Monaco tells stories with music. He considers this one of the oldest art forms in the world, and he is always looking for new ways to do it. He is obsessed with stories of travel, immigration, translation, quiet violence, quiet grace, global loneliness, and time. His show “Travels” ran at Ars Nova in 2024. He is also a translator (Spanish and Italian), a music composer, and he writes fiction and non-fiction. His work has been presented at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Lincoln Center (where he is a New Writer in Residence), MASS MoCA, The Bushwick Starr, The Momentary, and many others. He is one half of the music-storytelling duo Jerome & James.
Participating in Live from Mount Olympus as Atlas and Marsyas (Season 7).
