Dr. Trent Hanna
Contact Information
Dr. Trent Hanna
Music Theory
Theory and Composition Coordinator
Phone: (936)294-1372
Office: Smith-Kirkley G7
E-mail: trenthanna@shsu.edu
Profile of Dr. Trent Hanna
Dr. Trent Hanna has been awarded for his achievements both as a composer and performer. Most recently his Dorland Etudes won first prize in the 2006 Contemporary Japanese and American Music Composition Competition. Due to this, Trent will present a solo piano recital of his works in Japan on February 24, 2007. He has been awarded residencies at the Dorland Mountain Arts Colony, the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Villa Montalvo, and, most recently the Isle Royale Artists-in-Residence Program. He has received commissions throughout the state of Texas. As a pianist, he placed first in the Texas Young Artists Concerto Competition, the Corpus Christ International Young Artists Concerto Competition, the Sorantin Young Artist International Concerto Competition, and the Texas Music Teachers Association Collegiate Concerto Competition. He performed John Corigliano’s Concerto for Piano and Orchestra with the Corpus Christi Symphony Orchestra, San Angelo Symphony Orchestra, and the Big Spring Symphony Orchestra, and premiered his own Concerto for Piano and Orchestra with the Sam Houston State University Symphony Orchestra in the Spring of 2004.
Trent Hanna received his Doctor of Musical Arts from the University of Texas and both his Master of Music degree in piano performance and his Bachelor of Music degree in theory, composition, and piano performance from Sam Houston State University. He studied composition with Newton Strandberg, Fisher Tull, Richard Toensing, Philip Schroeder, Dan Welcher, and Kevin Puts. His primary studies in piano were with the late, great John Paul.