A professional singer and composer, N. Lincoln Hanks studied composition at Indiana University with Don Freund, Frederick Fox, and Claude Baker, and he studied with John Harbison at the Aspen Music Festival. The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, the Dale Warland Singers, pianist Paul Barnes, bass trombonist Gerry Pagano, Cyprus String Quartet, and many other distinguished performing artists and groups have performed his music. Recently, his works have been featured on North/South Concerts, the Cutting Edge New Music Festival, the Boston New Music Initiative concert series, and the Piccolo Spoleto Festival.
He co-directs The Ascending Voice, a triennial sacred a cappella music festival and symposium at Pepperdine University. He is also co-director of Cerulean, a vocal chamber ensemble in residence with The Ascending Voice.
Lincoln lives, composes and teaches in Malibu, CA, where he is the Blanche E. Seaver Professor of Fine Arts at Pepperdine University. www.nlincolnhanks.com