Jack Lenz Explained

John Frederick "Jack" Lenz is a Canadian composer. He has written, performed, and produced music for film, television, and theatre,[1] along with working on non-soundtrack album ventures.[2] [3] He is also the founder of Live Unity Enterprises, an organization devoted to the production of music for the Baháʼí community.

Lenz contributed additional music for the John Debney score for Mel Gibson's film The Passion of the Christ. Among his current projects is working on a movie about the persecution of Baháʼís in Iran, particularly the story of Mona Mahmudnizhad who suffered under the persecution in Iran,[4] under the title of Mona's Dream.[5] [6] He was music director of 90 Minutes Live, with Peter Gzowski on CBC Television from 1976 to 1978.

He resides in Toronto, Ontario.

Background

Lenz was born in Eston, Saskatchewan. His mother was also raised in Saskatchewan, and his father came to Canada from Hungary during the Depression. While still in his youth, Lenz took piano lessons from Garth Beckett and later studied composition at the University of Saskatchewan.[7] Lenz became a professional musician when he played keyboards and flute for the soft-rock bands Seals and Crofts and Loggins and Messina touring around the world, performing before large audiences, and recording.[8] Lenz' involvement in children's issues stems partly from having seven children of his own, as well as being in an arena which avoids "the conflict between what I believe about music and its sacred nature and dealing with what a lot of programming deals with, which sometimes could be the worst aspects of human nature." Lenz joined the Baháʼí Faith in 1969.

Programs

Lenz has done music production work for over 100 programs for various categories of mass media including television series and information/news programming, feature films, movies of the week, documentaries, live to broadcast, and children's television productions for networks like the CBC, NBC, Fox Broadcasting Company, PAX TV, Discovery Channel, Scholastic-HBO, Showtime, and Nelvana / CBS (as well as theatrical works).[9] [10] [11] [12]

Awards

Nominated for several Gemini Awards:

Winner of several SOCAN Awards:

Albums or songs on albums

Artists

Lenz has done production work for Paul Gross, David Keeley, Doug Cameron, Adam Crossley, Holly Stell, The Crawling Kingsnakes and Ava Bowers.[21] [22]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Official Website Bio . 2006-09-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151017050224/http://www.jacklenz.com/index.htm . 2015-10-17 . dead .
  2. http://www.cherrylane.com/clpub/html/body_filmtvbio.cfm?wid=101337 Cherry Lane Music Publishing, Film and TV Composers, Jack Lenz
  3. Web site: Socan, Archived News 2004, Jack Lenz . 2006-09-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070927001803/http://www.socan.ca/jsp/en/news_events/news_archive/Lenz.jsp . 2007-09-27 . dead .
  4. https://web.archive.org/web/20060221115248/http://www.americandaughter.com/arch_20050527mona.html Mona's Message
  5. http://www.monasdream.com/ Mona's Dream
  6. Note Mona Mahmudnizhad's story is also the subject of other art works: music artist Doug Cameron's popular song "Mona with the Children" which made the top of the pop charts (#14 for the week of October 19, 1985) according to "Pop Annual 1955-1999: Sixth Edition" "Pop Annual 1955-1999: Sixth Edition" for October, 1985 and as a play A Dress for Mona .
  7. http://www.millenniumartssociety.org/lenz.htm Millennnium Arts Society
  8. http://www.ca.bahai.org/main.cfm?sid=81 Baháʼí Community of Canada, Canadian Baháʼís > In the News > Jack Lenz
  9. http://www.olemm.com/ole%20News.php?bioid=53 ole Expands Agreement with Jack Lenz and Lenz Entertainment
  10. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0502338/ IMDb Entry
  11. Web site: Jack Lenz Credits . 2007-01-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070927182908/http://www.jacklenz.com/credits.htm . 2007-09-27 . dead .
  12. http://www.beevision.com/JAB/jack.shtml James Beveridge, Film Guru, Jack Lenz
  13. Web site: 14th SOCAN Awards . 2007-01-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070927001637/http://www.socan.ca/jsp/en/about/media_centre/TO_14thAnnualWinList.jsp . 2007-09-27 . dead .
  14. Web site: 16th Annual SOCAN Awards . 2007-01-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20061231000342/http://www.socan.ca/jsp/en/about/media_centre/TO_16thAnnualWinList.jsp . 2006-12-31 . dead .
  15. http://www.sealsandcrofts.com/lyricsbc.html Music for the Second Baháʼí World Congress
  16. http://www.sealsandcrofts.com/lyricsbc.html Also appeared in the episode All the Queen's Horses in the Canadian series "Due South," in April, 1996
  17. http://www.sealsandcrofts.com/lyricsj.html Jewel in the Lotus
  18. http://www.divinenotes.com/albums/WeAreBahais/D4331877-A52A-1EBF-834B-EB0A19BAF3E3 Divine Notes - We Are Baha'is, Album Details
  19. Web site: Music and The Arts - The Oneness of Humankind . 2007-01-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070928230441/http://www.gemstonedistribution.com/Arts.html . 2007-09-28 . dead .
  20. Web site: RPM 50 Singles. September 17, 1983. RPM (through Library and Archives Canada). 2009-06-02. https://web.archive.org/web/20121008184710/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.4325&volume=39&issue=3&issue_dt=September%2017%201983&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=v8vde226fvt3oqo5dlg4hm4ck1. October 8, 2012. dead. mdy-all.
  21. http://www.lenzent.com/am.htm Lenz Entertainment Artist Management
  22. http://www.bahaibookstore.com/productdetails.cfm?PC=6891 Ava: Turning Point

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