Dr. Christian Hauser is Associate Professor of Music at Concordia University Irvine. He completed his Ph.D. in music education from the University of North Texas received his undergraduate and graduate degrees from Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee. Dr. Hauser received his Dalcroze training from Dr. David Frego and has completed all three levels of Orff certification (University of Memphis). He is
Kodály certified (Levels I & II) and Conversational Solfege certified (Levels I & II). He serves as coordinator of Music Education at Concordia University Irvine. In addition to teaching all the music education methods courses, he has taught Orchestration & Arranging, Music of World Cultures, Music Technology, Aural Skills, songwriting and private composition lessons.
Dr. Hauser is also an active composer and songwriter. He wrote a 20-minute orchestral composition The Circus Train, which has been performed by the Houston, Colorado Music Festival, Sioux City and
Nashville Symphony Orchestras as part of their Young Person Concerts. He received a commission from the Nashville Ballet Company to compose a jazz ballet which was performed over 30 times throughout
Metro-Nashville Public schools as part of the Ballet’s educational outreach. He also has received two grants to compose, direct and produce children’s musicals. He wrote and produced a CD entitled, “Johnathan Craine and the Thing That Goes Bump in the Jungle,” which received awards as the Best Children’s Education Award category (ages 4-8) and Best Children’s Spoken Word CD (ages 8-12) from the Children’s Music Web Awards contest.
Dr. Hauser is an active clinician and researcher. He has presented at many national conferences and Kodály and Orff teacher training workshops. His research interests include creativity, composition and
technology.