Short Version:

Barry Hansen has sung professionally since 2001. His studio vocals are featured on over a dozen albums and he has released one solo album, My Soul Hungered, as well a mini-album entitled One Step Closer . A member of the Faith Centered Music Association, Barry is a past nominee for both Studio Vocalist and Male Vocalist of the Year. He performed in two televised Pearl Awards broadcast. Barry was one of six finalists in the Winter 2009 Mormon Times Showcase Song and Video Contest. A freelance graphic designer (see hansencreative.com), he is also a four-time nominee and a Pearl Award winner for Album Design. Barry’s music both inspires and entertains. He loves to teach and often combines his songs with personal stories when presenting to youth and adult groups. Barry and his wife Marian recently moved from Utah to Idaho Falls, Idaho, and are the parents of eight children. Barry's music is available on iTunes, LDSMusicNow.com, and PositiveMusicandDownloads.com.

Long Version:

Barry Hansen grew up in Northwest Washington, taking piano lessons and playing the clarinet and trumpet before deciding what he really loved was singing. His first public performance was in church as a teenager. Barry's musical influences range from Frank Sinatra and Barbra Streisand to Donny Osmond, Josh Groban and Michael Bublé. His vocal style has been called "the perfect blend of pop and theater" (Dave Tinney).

Barry studied voice at Brigham Young University and sang with BYU's Vocal Jazz Ensemble. He served a French-speaking mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Québec, and graduated from Brigham Young University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree, cum laude, in graphic design.

He has worked as an ad agency art director and freelance graphic designer in Dallas, Texas; Portland, Oregon; Bellingham, Washington; Orem, Utah, and currently in Idaho Falls, Idaho.

In 2001 Barry recorded a demo and began recording studio vocals on several albums, including Parables by Jenny Phillips and several for the Inspirational Music Showcase record label, among them Seminary's Greatest Songs, True to the Faith, Bring Them In, Let Us Go Forth, Night of All Nights, and The Whole Armor of God. Barry and his brother Greg wrote the title track to Let Us Go Forth. Barry performed a favorite seminary song, My Soul Hungered, as part of the Faith Centered Music Association's 2003 Pearl Awards television broadcast (watch it here).

In 2004 Barry teamed up with his brother and producer Greg to create his first album, My Soul Hungered (buy it here). It includes The Title of Liberty, co-written by Barry and Greg. (The Title of Liberty was commissioned by a non-profit organization by the same name; read more about it here.)

He was a 2004 FCMA Pearl Award nominee for Studio Vocalist, and a three-time nominee for Album Design, winning the Pearl Award for Album Design in 2004. In 2006 he was a finalist for Male Vocalist of the Year. Barry was one of six finalists in the Winter 2009 Mormon Times Showcase Song and Video Contest. His original song, I'm a Celebrity, was popular among online voters.

Barry's music can be heard on Utah's KOSY 106.5's Sounds of the Sabbath and FM100's Soft Sunday Sounds, now broadcast online all week long, and East Idaho's KLCE 97's Sounds of Sunday. BYU Radio also plays Barry's music throughout the week.

Barry enjoys every opportunity to share his music and his testimony of the gospel of Jesus Christ. He performs locally and around the country, singing both inspirational and contemporary ballads. He has traveled throughout the United States both as a singer and a public speaker. Barry and his wife Marian reside in Idaho Falls, Idaho, and are the parents of four boys and four girls. Five live at home, one is attending BYU and two are serving LDS missions, in Mississippi and England.