Indianapolis --

Civil War Round Table

DR. WESLEY L. HANSON

Educated at Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) and with a doctoral degree from the prestigious Eastman School of Music in Rochester, NY, Dr. Hanson is a performer, teacher, conductor, and composer/arranger of music. Proficient on the low brass instruments of trombone and euphonium, he also performs vocal solos and arranges and plays many of his own piano accompaniments. Following his early retirement from Ball State University, Dr. Hanson combined his interest in history with his musical abilities and began to research and perform the music of the Civil War period of American History. He appears regularly at the Sharpsburg, Maryland, Heritage Festival, held in connection with the anniversary of the Civil War battle of Antietam in 1862, where he is a local favorite. He has also done shorter versions of his program at the Benjamin Harrison Home in Indianapolis and as a warm-up for President Lincoln at the Hartford City encampment in October.