Jocelyn Hagen
Jocelyn Hagen is an American composer. She composes primarily for voice: solo, chamber and choral, but also has composed for chamber, wind, and orchestral ensembles. She has explored large-scale multimedia works, electro-acoustic music, dance, and opera. Hagen is the co-founder and co-owner of Graphite Publishing, an online vocal music publisher of digital scores. Hagen's music is independently published through JH Music, as well as through Graphite Publishing, G. Schirmer, Boosey and Hawkes, Santa Barbara Music Publishing, and Fred Bock Music Publishing. Biography Hagen was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, but was raised in Valley City, North Dakota. She began piano lessons with her mother, Sara, who then joined the music faculty at Valley City State University. Hagen learned piano quickly, and by the time she was in the second grade, she was able to accompany choir performances at Washington Elementary. She began experimenting with composition during her piano studies. She also learned the trumpet and horn and performed with school bands, as well as participating in musical theater and singing with choirs. When Hagen was a high school senior, her choir director, Cindy Peterson, nurtured her compositional talent. Hagen composed a piece for the women's choir, Evening Star, with text by