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Joseph Hasper

Joseph Hasper (b. 1963) is an emerging American composer best known for his jazz-influenced style of post-modern composition. His music is characterized by strong rhythmic impulses and harmonic structures borrowed from contemporary jazz idioms.
Joseph’s teachers include Leonardo Balada, Rich Shemaria, Phil Markowitz, and Marvin Lamb. His degrees include a BFA from Carnegie Mellon University and both an MM (music theory) and DMA (music composition) from the University of Oklahoma, where he was the recipient of the Michael Hennagin Scholarship, Carr-Wallace Scholarship, and grants from the American Music Center, Robberson Fund, and Weitzenhoffer College of Fine Arts. He was a guest composer at the 2012 Fresno New Music Festival, a presenter at the University of Oklahoma Graduate Seminar, and has won awards from the Anton Stadler Composition Competition, American Federation of Music Clubs, and the University of Oklahoma Graduate Research Program.
Joseph has been an Assistant Professor at Cameron University and Adjunct Professor at the University of Oklahoma, and currently teaches at Shippensburg University. He was formerly staff arranger and pianist for Army bands in the US and overseas. He has been a freelance composer and arranger since 1998.
Choral Music by Joseph Hasper
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Twenty-Four Hallelujahs is a simple song of praise with a single word of text: “Hallelujah.” Suitable for college or advanced high school choirs. More info & view score » |
Music for other instruments by Joseph Hasper
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Z Dance is a multi-textured movement for piano trio set in a lively, post-modern contrapuntal style. Rhythmic impulse is the focus of this piece, in which the violin, cello and piano each take turns in the foreground, middle ground and background. Composed in 2010 as ballet music, Z Dance is the companion piece to ABC […] More info & view score » | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Five Forms is scored for flute, oboe, Bb clarinet, horn and bassoon, and consists of five movements: I – Rondo II – Song for Clarinet and Oboe III- Extended Ternary Form IV- Invention for Horn and Bassoon V – Variations This piece was first performed by the University of Oklahoma Graduate Woodwind Quintet in Norman, […] More info & view score » |