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Aaron Jensen
Aaron Jensen
Composer. Arranger. Clinician.
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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.

 

  • 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!
  • Canadian Choral Journal - Anacrusis
    “This past month, I have had a love affair with Canadian composer, Aaron Jensen’s new Centrediscs album, ‘From Sea to Sea’….Gorgeous, pitch perfect, beautiful relaxed vocal production, and effortless intonation. This recording is stellar….I often wonder what the future of choral music is; this album answers that question, recognizing and honouring our choral traditions while boldly and successfully experimenting in contemporary music and the avant garde.”
  • Valerie Kolko – RARB (Recorded A Cap­pella Review Board)
    Insanely cre­ative and ORIGINAL .… Jensen expresses a new sophis­ti­ca­tion in vocal jazz.
  • Heather Bam­brick — Jaz­zFM Toronto .
    Our hero, Toronto-local Aaron Jensen — I can hon­estly say this, [he’s] one the most phe­nom­e­nally tal­ented indi­vid­u­als I have ever met.
  • Andrea Warren Musicworks Magazine
    Aaron Jensen’s compositions are innovative and beautiful. His career as a professional singer has made him an adept vocal writer; his choral compositions make use of full spectrums of vocal colour, and his text settings are thoughtful, whimsical, and always clever. The breadth of his experience is noteworthy, and the consistency of his successes, impressive.
  • Mouth-Off Radio
    All the arrangements are great, but Aaron Jensen’s ‘On the Street Where You Live’ rises to another level entirely…Jensen’s originals are also great. ‘Good Love’ is a particular standout.
  • Rebecca Chrisite — RARB - RE Jensen's piece 'Oblong'.
    Pos­si­bly the best com­po­si­tion I’ve heard in nearly 15 years of fol­low­ing the scene.
  • Cana­dian composer/professor, David Lidov
    “…of the high­est stan­dard! O.E.D. is a very good show — stim­u­lat­ing, psy­cho­log­i­cally com­plex and intelligent.”
  • Notations Magazine - Summer 2015
    Jensen has an incredible ability to create layers within his pieces…Ingenious.
  • Wholenote Magazine
    Composer/singer/impresario Aaron Jensen is leading the singing revolution.
  • Workshop attendee
    “[Aaron]…opened our eyes to our potential and to the vocal palettes we could use together. He touched on so many things – internalizing rhythm, maintaining focus, manipulating sound, jumping off the page and into music together…”

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NEWS & EVENTS

NYC’s Indie Works to premiere Jensen mini-musical

Indie Works has recently selected “The Trial of Bastiano di Bologna” (Music and Lyrics by Aaron Jensen) as part of the inaugural season of Bite-Sized Broadway: A Mini-Musical Podcast. Each episode will features a new 10-20 minute work, fully produced and orchestrated, and performed by some of the best voices on Broadway. The titular role…

July 30, 2020
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Dear Class of 2020

Aaron is proud to have been involved in Barack and Michelle Obama’s “Dear Class of 2020” YouTube Commencement Ceremonies as the Musical Director and Arranger for the Schitt’s Creek (with special guest Mariah Carey) segment. The Class of 2020 event featured commencement speeches by Michelle and Barack Obama, Beyoncé, Taylor Swift, Billie Eilish, Justin Timberlake, and included appearances by artists…

June 7, 2020
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Guest Sessions

After two years in production, Aaron is thrilled to announce the release of a new concept album – Guest Sessions – a collection of original works composed by Jensen for voice plus guest solo instrumentalist. The album features Toronto-based vocal group Countermeasure in collaboration with three multi-GRAMMY award-winners: Randy Brecker on trumpet (James Taylor, Bruce Springsteen, Frank…

June 2, 2020
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Super Collaboration with Barenaked Ladies, Ron Sexsmith, Violent Femmes and more!

Aaron has had the pleasure of collaborating with Kevin Hearn and a metric ton of musical heavyweights, recording a medley of Super Hero themes in support of MusiCounts. Artists on the bill include: Ron Sexsmith, Violent Femmes, Barenaked Ladies, The Rheostatics, Alan Doyle, Kevin Hearn, The Persuasions, Mary Margaret O’Hara, Carole Pope, the horn section of…

October 13, 2019
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  • NYC’s Indie Works to premiere Jensen mini-musical
    July 30, 2020
  • Dear Class of 2020
    June 7, 2020
  • Guest Sessions
    June 2, 2020
  • 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!
  • Canadian Choral Journal - Anacrusis
    “This past month, I have had a love affair with Canadian composer, Aaron Jensen’s new Centrediscs album, ‘From Sea to Sea’….Gorgeous, pitch perfect, beautiful relaxed vocal production, and effortless intonation. This recording is stellar….I often wonder what the future of choral music is; this album answers that question, recognizing and honouring our choral traditions while boldly and successfully experimenting in contemporary music and the avant garde.”
  • Valerie Kolko – RARB (Recorded A Cap­pella Review Board)
    Insanely cre­ative and ORIGINAL .… Jensen expresses a new sophis­ti­ca­tion in vocal jazz.
  • Heather Bam­brick — Jaz­zFM Toronto .
    Our hero, Toronto-local Aaron Jensen — I can hon­estly say this, [he’s] one the most phe­nom­e­nally tal­ented indi­vid­u­als I have ever met.
  • Andrea Warren Musicworks Magazine
    Aaron Jensen’s compositions are innovative and beautiful. His career as a professional singer has made him an adept vocal writer; his choral compositions make use of full spectrums of vocal colour, and his text settings are thoughtful, whimsical, and always clever. The breadth of his experience is noteworthy, and the consistency of his successes, impressive.
  • Mouth-Off Radio
    All the arrangements are great, but Aaron Jensen’s ‘On the Street Where You Live’ rises to another level entirely…Jensen’s originals are also great. ‘Good Love’ is a particular standout.
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