Eric Hansen

From College of Fine Arts and Communications

Eric Hansen received Bachelor's and Master's degrees from the Peabody Conservatory of the Johns Hopkins University, followed by two years of DMA studies at the University of Maryland College Park.

His professional ensemble experience includes Principal Bass with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, the Manitoba Opera, the Royal Winnipeg Ballet, the Manitoba Chamber Orchestra, Musik Barock Ensemble, the Talbot Chamber Orchestra, the Great Music West Festival Orchestra, and the National Chamber Orchestra in Washington D.C.

As a section member he has played with the Baltimore Chamber Orchestra, the Richmond Symphony of Virginia, the Baltimore Opera Orchestra, and played part-time with the Utah Symphony, the National Symphony, the Wolf Trapp Theater, and the National Arts Centre Orchestra of Ottawa.

As a chamber artist/soloist, Hansen has performed with Concert Artists of Baltimore, BYU Faculty Chamber Players, CBC Radio, Seagram’s Crown Royal Recital, the Winnipeg Chamber Music Society, Groundswell, Musick Barock Ensemble, the du Maurier Arts New Music Festival, the Bravo Arts channel, and the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center.

In 1997 with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra Hansen gave the Manitoba premier of Jon Deak's Concerto for Contrabass and Orchestra: Jack and the Beanstalk. In 2008, Hansen performed as part of the International Double Reed Society convention.

In addition to attending the Aspen School of Music and performing in Masterclass for Ludwig Streicher, Hansen's teachers have included Audrey Bush, Harold Robinson, Eugene Levinson, Stuart Sankey and Lawrence Wolfe.