Erik David Hanson

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PIANO LESSONS: $50/Month

Erik David Hanson, a homeschool graduate, has played the piano for twelve years and has studied privately with Mrs. Mary Lynn Van Gelderen, Mrs. Yunhua Lovell, and the late Mr. Donald Walker, former head of the piano department at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb. He currently studies privately with Dr. Peter Davis, head of the piano department of Bob Jones University in Greenville, South Carolina. Mr. Hanson is pursuing the Bachelors of Music Degree in Piano Performance at BJU and will be graduating in May 2004.

In 1998, he received the award for superior playing at the annual Houston Music Teachers’ Association Junior Piano Contest in Texas. In September 2001, he performed in a guest master-class at Bob Jones University with Dr. Edward Gates of the University of Oklahoma. Most recently in November 2002, he performed in the annual SCMTNA (South Carolina Music Teachers’ National Association) Collegiate Piano Competition at Anderson College. Furthermore, he was a semi-finalist in the Annual Commencement Piano Contest at Bob Jones University. In addition, Mr. Hanson has been extensively involved in the music ministry of his local churches for the past eight years. He has regularly played offertories and accompanied soloists, and has served as both the congregational pianist and choir accompanist.

From 1997 to 1999, he was the accompanist of the Patch the Pirate Children’s Club and Choir at Tri-County Baptist Church in Katy, Texas. He presently is the accompanist of the college choir at Faith Baptist Church in Taylors, South Carolina and is also a member of that church’s adult choir.