More about Lauren Jensen
Originally from Cincinnati, Ohio, Professor Lauren Jensen graduated in 2011 from the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music with a Bachelor of Music Performance with distinction and a Bachelor of Music Education with high distinction as a scholarship student of Lawrence Hurst. While attending Indiana, she assisted with the Fairview Violin Project, led by Dr. Brenda Brenner. Other honors at Indiana include being a Founders Scholar and recipient of the Metz Honors College Scholarship.
In 2011, Jensen moved to Iowa to accept an orchestra teaching position within the Mason City school district. Under her direction, the Mason City Orchestra has performed alongside the Wartburg Community Symphony and toured Kansas City and Saint Louis. Additionally, her students have been selected for the NEISTA Honors Orchestra, ISTA State Honors Orchestra, IJHOF Honors Orchestra, and Iowa All-State Orchestra. In 2016, Mason City was recognized as one of the National Association of Music Merchants Foundation “Best Communities for Music Education.” Most recently, Jensen conducted the NEISTA Middle School Honors Orchestra in January of 2022.
Since 2016, Professor Jensen has been an adjunct faculty member at Wartburg College, teaching private bass lessons and cello/bass methods. In 2018, she earned a Master of Arts in Teaching from Morningside College. An avid performer in the North-Iowa region, she has played with the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Symphony, the Dubuque Symphony, the Wartburg Community Symphony, the Fort Dodge Symphony, and the North Iowa Symphony. In 2012, she appeared as a featured soloist with the North Iowa Symphony, performing the Bottesini Concerto No.2 for Double Bass. Highlights from Jensen’s performance career include her time as principal bass of the Cincinnati Symphony Youth Orchestra, the Ohio All-State Orchestra, and performing with the World Youth Symphony Orchestra at Interlochen Center for the Arts.
An active member of the Iowa String Teachers Association (ISTA), she has served as the ISTA Middle School State Honors Orchestra chair for the past five years and has recently begun work as the ISTA State Conference chair. When not making music with her students, she also enjoys competing in triathlons, working on arts and crafts projects, and playing with her two dogs, Harold and Maude.
In 2011, Jensen moved to Iowa to accept an orchestra teaching position within the Mason City school district. Under her direction, the Mason City Orchestra has performed alongside the Wartburg Community Symphony and toured Kansas City and Saint Louis. Additionally, her students have been selected for the NEISTA Honors Orchestra, ISTA State Honors Orchestra, IJHOF Honors Orchestra, and Iowa All-State Orchestra. In 2016, Mason City was recognized as one of the National Association of Music Merchants Foundation “Best Communities for Music Education.” Most recently, Jensen conducted the NEISTA Middle School Honors Orchestra in January of 2022.
Since 2016, Professor Jensen has been an adjunct faculty member at Wartburg College, teaching private bass lessons and cello/bass methods. In 2018, she earned a Master of Arts in Teaching from Morningside College. An avid performer in the North-Iowa region, she has played with the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Symphony, the Dubuque Symphony, the Wartburg Community Symphony, the Fort Dodge Symphony, and the North Iowa Symphony. In 2012, she appeared as a featured soloist with the North Iowa Symphony, performing the Bottesini Concerto No.2 for Double Bass. Highlights from Jensen’s performance career include her time as principal bass of the Cincinnati Symphony Youth Orchestra, the Ohio All-State Orchestra, and performing with the World Youth Symphony Orchestra at Interlochen Center for the Arts.
An active member of the Iowa String Teachers Association (ISTA), she has served as the ISTA Middle School State Honors Orchestra chair for the past five years and has recently begun work as the ISTA State Conference chair. When not making music with her students, she also enjoys competing in triathlons, working on arts and crafts projects, and playing with her two dogs, Harold and Maude.