Frank Jansen has been a professional musician for almost 40 years. He has served in parish ministry for over 25 years. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Music Composition from California State University at San Bernardino. He has a Master’s from Santa Clara University where he received his degree in Liturgical Music with an emphasis on composition. He writes in a wide variety of styles including Sacred, Gospel, Rock, Country, Jazz, and Classical. These works include choral music, piano music, String Quartets, Woodwind Quintets, and a Symphony. In addition, he has composed in the Musical Theatre genre including a musical entitled, “Somebody.” This is a two-person, one-woman show with 23 songs and a prelude. It premiered at a theatrical conference in Iowa in March of 2008.
He has been an educator for over 20 years at Columbia Middle School in El Monte, CA. He directs the Performing Arts department and teaches Band, Choir, Piano, and Theatre.
Frank tours extensively as an accompanist for his wife, ValLimar Jansen. Besides ministering and performing throughout the United States, Europe, and Caribbean countries such as St. Kitts, and St. Maarten, he had the privilege of performing for the Pope and over 400,00 people in Loreto, Italy in the summer of 2007. During the summer of 2016, he and ValLimar performed at World Youth Day in Krakow, Poland. This week-long event was attended by more than 2,000,000 people.
Frank has performed with Jaime Cortez, Tom Booth, Sara Hart, Tom Kendzia, Marty Haugen, Bob Hurd, as well as many other well-known Catholic composers. Frank and his wife, ValLimar have released the following CDs: Anointing (Spirit and Song), You Gotta Move,(Spirit and Song), African American Sacred Songs (GIA), and Ethel (AFW Music). Frank has produced a great number of CDs, including ValLimar’s Christmas CD (Rejoice). He has arranged for many projects, including ValLimar’s, African American Sacred Songs, and her recent release, Spirit & Soul.