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Guy Jansen (Guy Elwyn Jansen) was born on 27 May, 1935 in Carterton, New Zealand, is a New Zealand music educator (1935–2019). Discover Guy Jansen's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 84 years old?

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Age 84 years old
Zodiac Sign Gemini
Born 27 May, 1935
Birthday 27 May
Birthplace Carterton, New Zealand
Date of death 27 May, 2019
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Nationality New Zealand

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1935

Guy Elwyn Jansen (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.

1960

In 1960, he married Judy Mary Rolls, and the couple went on to have three children.

Jansen studied at Victoria University College, graduating Bachelor of Arts in 1960.

Jansen ran choral courses for secondary school students during the 1960s, and established the regional Choral Festival for Secondary Schools.

1963

He completed a Diploma of Education at Wellington Teachers' College in 1963, 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.

1969

In 1969, also at Victoria, he graduated Bachelor of Music.

He was also a Fellow of Trinity College London (1969), and a Licentiate of the Royal Schools of Music (1968).

1975

Then, from 1975 to 1989, he was the Department of Education's national officer for music, responsible for music in primary and secondary schools.

1979

In 1979, Jansen established the New Zealand Youth Choir, serving as its musical director, and toured with the choir internationally in 1982.

1984

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.

1986

In 1986, he founded the New Zealand Secondary Students' Choir.

Jansen was intimately involved in the production of the New Zealand Hymnbook in 1986, and he was the first person to arrange the New Zealand national anthem, "God Defend New Zealand", with both English and Māori lyrics, for the New Zealand Youth Choir's 1982 tour.

He was in the vanguard of the movement to widen the scope of church music, and was noted for the fusion of styles in his arrangements.

Also in 1986, Jansen set up the International Summer Schools in Choral Conducting, which he directed or co-directed in New Zealand and Queensland 14 times until 2011.

After being appointed senior lecturer at the University of Queensland (UQ), he initiated a master's programme in choral and church music.

1990

In 1990, Jansen was awarded the New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal.

1997

Also at UQ, he established the University Chamber Singers, and was chair of the organising committee for the national conference of the Australian Society for Music Education in 1997.

He later was choral conductor-in residence at the Wheaton College Conservatory of Music in Illinois.

2011

In the 2011 Queen's Birthday Honours, he was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to music.

Later that year, at the 2011 Rugby World Cup, Jansen was one of the conductors for choirs singing the national anthems before tournament matches.

2012

During 2012, Jansen spent six months in Darwin as a choral consultant, which including teaching a conducting course at Charles Darwin University, and working with indigenous children.

2019

Jansen died on 27 May 2019.