If you would like to contact Brooks Hanes, please email him at info@sparsegroup.com.
Timeline
Age 5: As a school child in Waterloo, Iowa, Brooks began to learn violin. Suzuki school of instruction
Age 14: Began receiving instruction from the renowned Antony Bacich, composer and method creator.
Age 15: Began playing professionally with local symphony orchestras and other public and private paid events.
Age 16: Began receiving instruction from Barbara Bacich-Martin, continuing the same Bacich-style methods. Began teaching students at this age.
Age 18: Received full tuition scholarship to the University of Northern Iowa. Turned it down to follow future wife to a one-year Bible school. Played in more orchestras to provide income.
Age 19-21: Returned and received another full tuition scholarship to UNI. Continued to take on more students on weekends. Continued with instruction in composition and violin performance at the University of Northern Iowa.
Adult years: Completed education at the Anderson University, a private institution in South Carolina. Continues to compose, write songs, record as a studio engineer for several original works and dozens of recordings and arrangements for church music groups.