Main Office: Lied Education Center - Room 101
Music Office: Lied Education Center - Room 212B
402-280-1124 (office)
fhanna@creighton.edu
Bachelor of Science in Education, 1985
University of Arkansas
Fayetteville, Arkansas
Master of Music, 1990
Northwestern University
Evanston, Illinois
Doctor of Musical Arts, 1997
New England Conservatory of Music
Boston, Massachusetts
Biography
Frederick Hanna is the Fine and Performing Arts Department Chair at Creighton University where he conducts the Creighton University Wind Ensemble and University Symphony Orchestra.
Dr. Hanna holds degrees from the University of Arkansas, Northwestern University and the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston.
Dr. Hanna has composed the musical score to Lewis & Clark Part One: Manifest Destiny, a musical theater production which was produced at Creighton University as well as Gonzaga University, Spokane, Washington. He has also composed the musical score to 'King of Kings' for the Robert M. Gewald Management in New York City.
With several wind ensemble compositions to his credit, Dr. Hanna composed the 'Suite for Symphonic Band' which includes 'Fantasy on the Blue and the Gold', 'Scherzo', and 'Soundtrack'. Dr. Hanna recently conducted a concert, including the Suite, at the Nanjing Arts Institute in Nanjing, China.
He is married to his wife, Laurie and has four children, Kristin, Kevin, Megan and Brian.