DR. JENS HANSON was born on 29 November 1936 at Raton, New Mexico. His main study in composition was with Normand Lockwood at the University of Denver and with Darius Milhaud at the Aspen summer programme of 1964. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree from M.I.T., an M.A. from Denver and a Ph.D. in Music Theory from Yale University where his principal teacher was Allen Forte.
In 1968, he joined the faculty at the University of Windsor and is now Associate Professor of Music, teaching theory and composition. Since 1969, his music has been heard regularly in Windsor and the surrounding area, as well as elsewhere in Canada and the U.S. Among the performing groups he has written for are the Assumption University String Quartet and the Golden Rain Percussion Ensemble of Detroit.
With the exception of an early symphony and Keys, for concert band, his output has been for choir, voice and instrumental chamber music, all of it written for specific groups and occasions. His compositional technique has most often involved a complex of small sets whose complexity is influenced by the specific performers and audience.
In 1991 Susan Haig became the Music Director of the Windsor Symphony and began to program Windsor composers.The Windsor Symphony commissioned Alleluia for Chamber Orchestra and Chamber Choir and premiered it in 1992 for the 25th Anniversary of the School of Music in a concert which was recorded by the CBC. Maestro Haig also performed music from the Second String Quartet with string orchestra and The Return with string orchestra, 2 horns and the large University Singers choir. Other works for larger ensembles were Dialogues for saxophone Quartet and Wind Ensemble and Janus for for the Greater Windsor Concert Band in 2000. The University of Windsor School of Music has presented four all Hanson programs; the first in 1983 and then in 1986 for his 50th birthday, again in 1996 and the last one in 2002 to mark his retirement from university teaching. His compositions have contued to be written for the performing faculty of the School of Music with compostions for piano, two pianos, trumpet, trombone, saxophone, organ, voice and percussion.
He was promoted to Full Professor in 1999 and retired at the end of August 2002.
CAPAC, Canadian League of Composers
JENS HANSON est né le 29 novembre 1936 à Raton, au Nouveau-Mexique. Il a reçu l'essentiel de sa formation de compositeur auprès de Normand Lockwood à l'Université de Denver, et de Darius Milhaud à Aspen pendant l'été de 1964.Il détient un bacclauréat ès sciences du M.l.T., un M.A. de l'Université de Denver et un PhD en théorie musicale de l'Université Yale où son principal professeur a été Allen Forte.
ll enseigne depuis 1968 à l'Université de Windsor où il est actuellement professeur agrégé de théorie et de composition. Depuis 1969, ses œuvres ont été présentées régulièrement à Windsor et dans la région avoisinante ainsi qu'ailleurs au Canada et aux États-Unis. Parmi les ensembles qui lui ont commandé des œuvres, citons le Assumption University String Quartet et le Golden Rain Percussion Ensemble de Détroit.
À l'exception d'une symphonie (une œuvre de jeunesse) et de Keys, pour fanfare de concert, Jens Hanson a composé pour chœur, voix et formations de chambre, toujours sur commande. Sa technique d'écriture fait appel le plus souvent à un agencement de petites cellules dont la complexité dépend des interprètes et du public auxquels l'œuvre s'adresse.
1988
CAPAC (SOCAN), Ligue canadienne de compositeurs
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