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Koji Mori (Kennesaw, GA) has served as the Director of Orchestras at Harrison High School in Kennesaw, Georgia since 2018. Mori holds a Bachelor of Music in Music Education degree from Columbus State University, a Master of Music Education degree from the University of Georgia, and an Education Specialist degree with a concentration in Curriculum and Instruction from Berry College. In addition, Mori serves as an adjudicator for the GMEA Large Group Performance Evaluations and has served as an adjudicator of marching band competitions throughout Georgia.
Under Mori’s direction, the Harrison Orchestras have received superior ratings annually from the GMEA Large Group Performance Evaluations. The Harrison Chamber Orchestra has received invitations to perform at the 2025 Georgia Music Educators Association In-Service Conference in Athens, Georgia, the 2025 Music for All National Concert Festival in Indianapolis, Indiana, and the 2025 American String Teachers Association National Conference in Atlanta, Georgia. Individual students from the Harrison Orchestra have been members of the Georgia Governor’s Honors Program, GMEA District 12 Honor Orchestra, the GMEA All-State Orchestras, the Georgia Youth Symphony Orchestras, the Metropolitan Youth Symphony Orchestra, the Emory Youth Symphony Orchestra, the Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra, and NYO2.
Mori was invited to Okayama, Japan, in 2016 as a guest conductor for the city’s annual “Music Party!” Music Festival. He served as a conductor for the Phantom Regiment Drum and Bugle Corps in 2009 and assisted the Phantom Regiment in winning their first standalone DCI World Championship title in 2008.
Mori has been on staff with the Bands of America Summer Camp since 2013 and remains active as a leadership and conducting clinician throughout the country. His professional affiliations include American String Teachers Association, Georgia Music Educators Association, and the National Association for Music Education.