Dr. J. Robert Hanson

Meet the Award Winning Composer

J. Robert Hanson (BM, Concordia College; MA, MFA, PhD, University of Iowa) taught at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee before joining the music faculty at Concordia College in 1966. He conducted the Concordia College Band for eight years and was the founder and conductor of the Concordia College orchestra from 1967 until his retirement in 1995.

Hanson was also the conductor of the Fargo-Moorhead Symphony Orchestra from 1974 to 1990. During his tenure the symphony received four ASCAP awards for “Adventuresome Programming of Contemporary Music.” An accomplished trumpet player, Hanson has an extensive background in performance, which included playing principal trumpet with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra.

As a composer, he has written works for orchestra, band, and other instrumental and vocal ensembles. Recent compositions include commissioned works for the Minnesota All-state Orchestra, the Greater Twin Cities Youth Symphonies, the Twin Cities Suburban Festival Orchestra, the Grand Forks Central and Red River High School Bands, and six anthems for three churches in Willmar, Minn., as part of the Church/Synagogue Residency program sponsored by the American Composers Forum.

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