Hansen is a singer-songwriter, composer, and pianist whose music moves fluidly between classical form, jazz freedom, and experimental pop. Shaped by rigorous early training and a deep, ongoing relationship with the British Columbia coastal wilderness she explores almost daily, her work is rooted in curiosity, place, and transformation.
She has released five full-length albums of original material, including Before You (2018), produced by Juno Award– and Polaris Prize–winning producer Jesse Zubot. The Vancouver Sun described Hansen as “an exceptional player and composer… a rare talent who really doesn’t do the same thing twice,” praising music “so good you can imagine it being interpreted by others.”
Her newly released album, Falling in All Directions (October 2025), produced by Jaron Freeman Fox, marks a bold new chapter. The record draws on three months of travel, artistic research, and ancestral exploration in Sweden, Denmark, and Norway, supported by the Canada Council for the Arts, and extends her long-standing interest in expansive form, voice as texture, and emotionally precise songwriting.
As a teenager, Hansen earned Royal Conservatory diplomas in both piano and voice, later completing a degree in jazz piano and studying with legendary pianist Bob Murphy. Her artistic development has also been shaped by mentors including Lisa Cay Miller, Viviane Houle, Nikolai Kolesnikov, and Peter Hannan. Across her earlier releases, critics have noted a style in which “ethereal voice and classically informed arrangements come together in experimental pop that’s both listenable and challenging” (NOW Magazine), featuring “exceptionally intelligent lyrics and cool, winding melodies” (Babysue).
Hansen toured internationally for five seasons as a professional choral singer with the Vancouver Chamber Choir and has composed music for theatre, film, and interdisciplinary performance, including works for The Public Swoon, The Western Front, and Boca del Lupo, as well as Sauropsida, a commissioned vibraphone solo for renowned percussionist Sal Ferreras. She has collaborated with many of Canada’s leading musicians and opened for Grammy Award–winning jazz pianist Hiromi at the 2018 Vancouver International Jazz Festival.
Her music has been described as “harmonically complex… beautiful, vulnerable, fresh, interesting, yet accessible” (The Whole Note), “very vital… 21st-century lieder” (The Georgia Straight), and “excitingly individual… accessible but unique, and musically challenging” (Foxy Digitalis). International press has praised her “vocal prowess combined with just the right touch of quirkiness” (The Gateway) and called her work “shock-full of talent” (Monsieur Delire).