Hank Hehmsoth

As a performing artist, Hank has remarkably played over 10,000 international, national, state and regional area performances, from classical to jazz to pop/rock, as well as Broadway, concert tour music, nightclubs, and symphony. He is a lifetime voting member for the GRAMMY© Awards. Hank teaches Composition and Jazz Piano, and is the Director of Computer Applications and WebMaster for the School of Music. “I am out to create a new, signature American sound, from a synthesis of contemporary art music, jazz, and world music, with a global approach and unique blend of influences, that gives my music a brand, its own distinctive place in the international scene. I wish to push my music in new directions, and continue focusing on socially engaged programming." Hank's students play piano, bass, sax, flute, guitar, and have won awards and scholarships including Berklee School and the Patti Strickel Harrison Scholarship. Composition students learn commercial arranging and contemporary techniques in jazz. His studio includes international students from Serbia, China, South Korea, and South America.

Awards

Award / Honor Recipient: First Place NACUSA TX/USA competition, NACUSA National Association of Composers. Award / Honor Recipient: JCOI – Jazz Composers Orchestra Institute Special Recognition, Columbia University, Affiliate of the ACO American Composers Orchestra. Award / Honor Recipient: "Best Song” "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)", Academy Award©. 1981 Award / Honor Recipient: winner 5 Grammies©, GRAMMY awards. Award / Honor Recipient: New Music USA Composer Assistance Program, New Music USA. Award / Honor Recipient: ASCAP PLUS - Award in Composition, American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers. Award / Honor Recipient: Adjudicator, Fulbright-Chile International Arts Committee. Award / Honor Recipient: The Kandinsky Trio 25 x 25 Anniversary Project Grant, The Kandinsky Trio. Award / Honor Recipient: ART WORKS "Reminiscences of NEA Jazz Master Dan Morgenstern", National Endowment for the Arts. Award / Honor Recipient: 2019 Morroe Berger – Benny Carter – Ed Berger Jazz Research Award, Institute of Jazz Studies - Rutgers University.

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