Dr. Mark R. Hansen came to Boise State University in 2007 as professor and chair of
the Department of Music. His previous faculty and administrative positions were at
Gettysburg College, Western Illinois University, Illinois Wesleyan University, and the
University of Central Arkansas. He graduated with a Bachelor of Music – Magna cum Laude
from the University of Utah, a Master's from Brigham Young University in piano
performance, and then his Doctor of Musical Arts in piano performance from the University
of North Texas. His teachers and coaches have included Joseph Banowetz, Alicia de
Larrocha, Paul Pollei, and Gladys Gladstone. Dr. Hansen has a long-standing research
interest in Catalan piano literature and pedagogical methods, and also enjoys choral
conducting, organ performance, and the composition and publication of sacred choral
music.
Some of the exciting developments since Dr. Hansen came to Boise State include becoming
Idaho’s first All-Steinway School, which was celebrated with a special performance at the
annual holiday concert in 2011, and the creation of four new graduate fellowships in
partnership with the Boise Philharmonic, and funded in part by Boise State’s Arts and
Humanities Institute.
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