Eric Hanson

  • Associate Professor of Music
  • Fine & Performing Arts Division Chair

Education

  • D.M.A. in Vocal Performance, Academic Field: Music Education, academic minors in Choral Music & Composition, University of Southern California, 2012
  • M.M. in Vocal Performance, Florida State University, 2009
  • B.M. in Vocal Performance, Brigham Young University, 2007

Here at Southern Virginia University we go beyond the theoretical & academic, and seek to be a creative force in the ever-changing 21st-century world of fine & performing arts. We are building the finest mixed community of excellent pre-professional and amateur performers in the country.


Education

  • D.M.A. in Vocal Performance, Academic Field: Music Education, academic minors in Choral Music & Composition, University of Southern California, 2012
  • M.M. in Vocal Performance, Florida State University, 2009
  • B.M. in Vocal Performance, Brigham Young University, 2007

Courses

  • Music Major: Applied Music I, II, & III – Voice, Advanced Applied Music – Voice, Opera Workshop, Accolade, Vocal Literature, Music Therapy, Vocal Chamber Music, Careers in Music

Teaching Positions & Professional Experience

  • Joined the Southern Virginia University faculty in 2015
  • Assistant Professor of Voice, University of Texas at El Paso, 2012-2015
  • Adjunct Professor of Voice, Fullerton College & Long Beach City College, 2009-2012

Scholarship & Creative Work

  • Studied voice with Stanford Olsen, Shirley Close, Gary Glaze, Dr. Clayne Robison, and Dr. Larry Vincent
  • Patent for “Natural Ear” technology designed to assist those with issues matching pitch, now an app for mobile devices entitled “KnowPitch”
  • Operatic tenor in such roles as Rodolfo in Puccini’s La bohéme, title role in Britten’s Albert Herring, Tito in Mozart’s Clemenza di Tito, Lt. Cable in South Pacific, and many more
  • Tenor soloist career includes Schubert’s “Mass No. 2 in G minor” in Austria; Rossini’s “Stabat Mater” in Costa Rica; Britten’s Serenade for Tenor, Horn, and Strings (several dates/locations), Handel’s Messiah, and many other recitals & concerts
  • Several art music composition commissions, including the symphonic art song cycle Truth After War, composed for Black History Month, February, 2012
  • Composed & conducted the score for the feature film Handcart, directed by Kels Goodman, 2001
  • View selections of his work

Awards, Leadership & Service

  • Chair, Division of Fine & Performing Arts, Southern Virginia University, 2018-present
  • Music Program Coordinator, Southern Virginia University, 2016-2018
  • Head of Opera UTEP, 2012-2014
  • Third place winner, “Meistersinger” competition, Graz, Austria 2007
  • BYU “Singer of the Year,” Brigham Young University’s highest award for vocal performance, 2007
  • Missionary – Torren, Mexico, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1997-1999