Christian Hauser
Associate Professor, Director of Music Education, Summer Music Academy Coordinator, Interim Director of Jazz & Composition
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Biography
Dr. Christian Hauser taught at Concordia University Chicago for nine years prior to his appointment as Associate Professor of Music at Concordia University Irvine. He completed his Ph.D. in Music Education from the University of North Texas and received his graduate and undergraduate degrees from Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee.
Dr. Hauser is Kodály certified (Level II), Conversational Solfege (Levels I & II), Dalcroze certified, and has completed all three levels of Orff certification, including a master class. In addition to teaching all music education methods courses, he has taught Songwriting, Orchestration & Arranging, Music of World Cultures, Music Technology, Survey of Western Music, Exploration of Music, and private piano and composition lessons.
An active composer, Dr. Hauser wrote a 20-minute orchestral work The Circus Train, performed by the Houston, Colorado Music Festival, Sioux City, and Nashville Symphony Orchestras. He has also composed commissioned works for the Nashville Ballet Company and produced award-winning children’s educational music recordings.
Dr. Hauser has worked extensively in the Nashville music industry as a songwriter, producer, and recording engineer. He has also served as worship director at numerous churches and performs on piano, organ, guitar, ukulele, and djembe.
His research interests include creativity, composition, and technology, and he remains active as a clinician and presenter at national conferences and teacher training workshops.