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Growing and maintaining a program does not always come easy. We often have to find new ways to be vocal about what our program needs, and even more so, how to get specific audiences to listen and understand. Christopher Hanson, a director in the San Marcos area, talks to us about advocating for a program,... Continue reading→

Mitchell Atencio July 21, 2022   Over the last year, the majority of Seattle Pacific University’s community has been unwavering in its affirmation of LGBTQ equality on campus. According to a campus survey conducted by the undergrad­­­uate student government and graduate psychology students, nearly 87 percent of students and 73 percent of staff at SPU... Continue reading→

Seattle Pacific University, an evangelical school affiliated with the Free Methodist Church since 1891, is in a fight over LGBTQIA+ inclusion and equality. This came to a head on May 23rd when the board rejected proposed changes supported by an overwhelming majority of students and faculty, following a threat of disassociation by the Free Methodist... Continue reading→

Hallie Golden June 14, 2022   At Seattle Pacific University, students have spent weeks fighting anti-gay policies common among Christian schools. Sitting among rainbow flags and handmade signs declaring such things as “God made me gay” outside the Seattle Pacific University president’s office last week, Jo Scanlan described a moment from a psychobiology of women course at... Continue reading→

Tori McArthur, Staff Writer February 5, 2020 “Classical Music is not Boring,” read director of music education and orchestral activities Christopher Hanson’s News and Nachos PowerPoint slide. Hanson later admitted that, indeed, “some music is boring.” Classical music filled the room Thursday, Jan. 30 as students and faculty entered Eaton Hall to attend the first... Continue reading→

Christopher T. F. Hanson, music theory and orchestra teacher: "My greatest accomplishments as a teacher have been the sense of enlightenment and intellectual freedom expressed by my students after taking one of my courses. In music theory I frequently hear students exclaim, 'I never realized that is why we do that!' or, 'So that explains... Continue reading→

New music director reflects on his path to SPU Christopher Hanson, Seattle Pacific’s new Director of Music Education and Orchestral Activities, did not originally intend to become a teacher. Instead, he discovered through experience that he was always meant to be one. Starting his first year at SPU, and his ninth year of teaching, this... Continue reading→

Christopher T. F. Hanson, San Marcos High School, San Marcos On November 2, 2015, State Representative Jason Isaac joined Humanities Texas staff member Sam Moore to present Christopher T. F. Hanson with his 2015 Outstanding Teaching of the Humanities Award at San Marcos High School. Hanson teaches both pre-AP and AP music theory at San... Continue reading→

Music is a passion that bit Christopher T. F. Hanson, San Marcos C.I.S.D. Orchestra Director, at an early age. But what's amazing about his love of music is that, younger than 30 years of age, he's already earned a Bachelor's degree and three Master's degrees in Music from Texas State University. Continue reading→

San Marcos CISD Orchestra Director Christopher Hanson garnered significant recognition recently when he was named as a quarter-finalist for the Music Education Award, which is bestowed by the Recording Academy and the Grammy Foundation. More then 30,000 nominations across the nation were reviewed, but only 217 music teachers reached the quarter-final level. Continue reading→