Guy Jansen
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27 May 1935
Guy Jansen | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Jansen in 2012 | |
| Born | Guy Elwyn Jansen 27 May 1935 Carterton, New Zealand |
| Died | 27 May 2019 (aged 84) |
| Spouse |
Judy Mary Rolls (m. 1960) |
| Children | 3 |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Southern California |
| Thesis | The aesthetic realm and choral music (1984) |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | University of Queensland Wheaton College Conservatory of Music |
Guy Elwyn Jansen MNZM (27 May 1935 – 27 May 2019) was a New Zealand music educator and choral musician.
Born in Carterton on 27 May 1935, Jansen was educated at Horowhenua College.[1] In 1960, he married Judy Mary Rolls, and the couple went on to have three children.[1]
Education
Jansen studied at Victoria University College, graduating Bachelor of Arts in 1960.[2] He completed a Diploma of Education at Wellington Teachers' College in 1963,[1] and a Master of Arts by research in the history and literature of music at Victoria University of Wellington in 1966, with his master's thesis titled The History of School Music in New Zealand.[3] In 1969, also at Victoria, he graduated Bachelor of Music.[1] Jansen later undertook doctoral studies at the University of Southern California, the first New Zealander to do so, and was awarded the degree of Doctor of Musical Arts in 1984; his thesis was The Aesthetic Realm and Choral Music.[4][5]
He was also a Fellow of Trinity College London (1969), and a Licentiate of the Royal Schools of Music (1968).[1]
