Brian Garten - GRAMMY Award-winning Mix Engineer (Whitney Houston, Justin Bieber, Rolling Stones)
“I really enjoyed it, [Jensen’s “For Alice”]…very complex but still super musical and a great mix too!
Aaron Jensen is an award-winning Toronto-based composer, producer, performer, and clinician. His creative works have been premiered and recorded by several JUNO/GRAMMY award-winning artists (Randy Brecker, Mariah Carey, Natalie MacMaster, Bobby McFerrin, Evelyn Glennie, Ron Sexsmith, Heather Rankin, Cindy Cashdollar, and others); by celebrated choirs, such as the Elora Festival Singers (CANADA), Zvonky Praha (CZECHIA), The Swingles (U.K.), and Voices of Namibia (NAMIBIA); and by symphony orchestras including the TUCCA Philharmonic (BRAZIL), Orchestra Teatro Puccini, (ITALY) and Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg (FRANCE). He is currently developing an orchestral concert of his original works to be premiered in Tokyo by Countermeasure and the New Japan Philharmonic Orchestra, in May 2021. Jensen’s love of vocal music, obsession with language, and passion for interweaving musical genres can be heard throughout his body of work.
Jensen had the pleasure of acting as musical director, music producer, band leader, and composer for the nine-time Emmy award winning, Schitt’s Creek, for the final four seasons. His musical services have been called on for recording projects by Andrea Bocelli, Kevin Hearn, Bob Ezrin, and Barack and Michelle Obama. Aaron has contributed to platinum-selling, GRAMMY/JUNO award-nominated albums, and has received several international CARA awards and nominations for his original music including Best Song, Best Pop/Electronica Song, and Best Original Composition. Jensen has twice been recognized by the International John Lennon Songwriting Competition, including a grand prize win for Best Jazz Composition. In 2015, ‘From Sea to Sea’ – an album of original vocal works composed by Jensen – was released on the Centrediscs label, and distributed by NAXOS Music. His theatrical works have received five star reviews at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, and the Audience Choice Award at Trafalgar 24 (Driftwood Theatre Co). As a freelance musical director/content creator, Jensen has launched successful campaigns for companies including Chapters/Indigo, Zoomer Media, 20th Century Fox, Cineplex, Major League Baseball, and Entertainment One. Since completing his studies in music composition at York University in 2006, Aaron has toured and recorded with the award-winning vocal ensembles Cadence, Countermeasure, Retrocity, and The Watch. Jensen is the Artistic and Musical Director of Countermeasure, the Artist-in-Residence at Beth Sholom Synagogue, an Associate Composer of the CMC, a recent Composer-in-Residence of the Canadian Men’s Chorus, and the Artistic Director Emeritus of SING! The Toronto Vocal Arts Festival.
