Countermeasure has joined forces with Burlington New Millennium Orchestra for their fourth studio venture, Orchestral Sessions. The album features some of Countermeasure's favourite original songs, arranged for symphony orchestra by conductor, Charles Cozens and Countermeasure's artistic director, Aaron Jensen.

Sing Me The Songs I Love, Once More

Takin' It Home

I Will

Hold On

Train The B Take

Carry Away

Someone

Recorded by Cadence
Composed by Aaron Jensen - Lyrics by Robert Service
Win­ner of 2011 CARA Awards for Best Cana­dian Album, Best Jazz Album, and Best Jazz Song 

The Tramps

Performed by Cadence
Arrangement by Aaron Jensen
Vocal Trumpet solo by Aaron Jensen
Cool Yule Voted on Top Ten Christ­mas Albums You Must Own by i-Village - shar­ing the bill with such artists as Oscar Peter­son, Frank Sina­tra and Ella Fitzgerald.

Carol Of The Bells

Recorded by Countermeasure
Words and Music by Aaron Jensen
Mixed and Produced by Aaron Jensen
14 Characters - Runner up for best Jazz Record - 2014 CARA Awards, with nominations for Best Electronic/Experimental Song (for "Opera Somnia"), Best Album (CAL), Best Song (CAL for "14 Characters")

14 Characters

Recorded by Countermeasure
Solo Qwyn Charter - Vocal Trumpet solo - Aaron Jensen
Mixed and Produced by Aaron Jensen
14 Characters - Runner up for best Jazz Record - 2014 CARA Awards, with nominations for Best Electronic/Experimental Song (for "Opera Somnia"), Best Album (CAL), Best Song (CAL for "14 Characters")

Spanish Joint

This Moment Now

Recorded by the Elmer Iseler Singers + The SING! Singers feat. Scott Peterson
Composed by Aaron Jensen
Text by Uvavnuk

Uvavnuk Dreams

Performed by the Elmer Iseler Singers
Composed by Aaron Jensen
Text by Lucy Maud Montgomery

Rain in the Country

Performed by Countermeasure
Composed by Aaron Jensen
Text by Sylvia Legris

Opera Somnia

Adapted from Billy Strayhorn's 'Take the A Train'.

Made to Measure is Toronto-based vocal group, Countermeasure's, 2nd release.
For more information on Countermeasure, visit: www.countermeasuremusic.com

All vocal arrangements by Aaron Jensen
Tracked by Andrew McCreadie and Kai Koschmider
Mixes by Kai Koschmider
Produced by Aaron Jensen

Train The A Take

Music and Lyrics by Bruce Cockburn
Soloists - Aaron Jensen and Elana Steingart

Made to Measure is Toronto-based vocal group, Countermeasure's, 2nd release.
For more information on Countermeasure, visit: www.countermeasuremusic.com


All vocal arrangements by Aaron Jensen
Tracked by Andrew McCreadie and Kai Koschmider
Mixes by Kai Koschmider
Produced by Aaron Jensen

Lovers In A Dangerous Time

Music/Lyrics by Cole Porter
Soloist - Qwyn Charter

Made to Measure is Toronto-based vocal group, Countermeasure's, 2nd release.
For more information on Countermeasure, visit: www.countermeasuremusic.com


All vocal arrangements by Aaron Jensen
Tracked by Andrew McCreadie and Kai Koschmider
Mixes by Kai Koschmider
Produced by Aaron Jensen

I've Got You Under My Skin

Music and Lyrics by Aaron Jensen

Made to Measure is Toronto-based vocal group, Countermeasure's, 2nd release.
For more information on Countermeasure, visit: www.countermeasuremusic.com


All vocal arrangements by Aaron Jensen
Tracked by Andrew McCreadie and Kai Koschmider
Mixes by Kai Koschmider
Produced by Aaron Jensen

London Bells

GUEST SESSIONS:
Guest Sessions is a collection of original works composed for voice + guest solo instrumentalist by Countermeasure's Artistic Director, Aaron Jensen. The album features collaborations with three multi-GRAMMY award-winners: Randy Brecker on trumpet (James Taylor, Bruce Springsteen, Frank Sinatra), Scottish percussionist, Dame Evelyn Glennie (Bjork, Mark Knopfler, Bela Fleck), and Cindy Cashdollar on dobro (Van Morrison, Bob Dylan, Ryan Adams). We've also recorded with the JUNO-award winning, Order of Canada fiddler, Natalie MacMaster, the platinum-selling Quebecois guitarist, Christian Roberge (formerly of The Lost Fingers), Austria's Pamelia Stickney on theremin (Yoko Ono, Indigo Girls, David Byrne), the 88 year-old band leader of the Preservation Jazz Hall, all-star, Charlie Gabriel (Ella Fitzgerald, Lionel Hampton, Aretha Franklin), and local Toronto treasures: Rich Brown on electric six string bass (Jane Siberry, Bruce Cockburn, David Clayton Thomas), Kevin Fox on live-looping cello (Chantal Kreviazuk, Justin Bieber, Steven Page), and Michael Davidson on vibraphone (Elizabeth Shepherd, Sophie Milman, Jarvis Church). Each new piece is specifically tailor-made to compliment the guest artist.

COUNTERMEASURE: Countermeasure is a Toronto-based vocal ensemble who have sold-out theatres across, Canada, the U.S., Italy, Scotland, Japan, and the U.K. The group has recorded with GRAMMY and JUNO award-winning artists including Randy Brecker, Ron Sexsmith, Alan Doyle, and The Barenaked Ladies; and has performed alongside the likes of Corey Hart, Alan Frew, The Swingle Singers, and Naturally 7. They have won multiple awards from The Contemporary A Cappella Society of America, including Best CAL Album, Best Video, and Best Original Song.

Contact for Sync Inquiries: aaronleejensen@gmail.com
Contact for Booking Inquiries: info@countermeasuremusic.com

SOCIAL MEDIA
www.facebook.com/Countermeasureacappella/
twitter.com/defygenre
www.instagram.com/countermeasuremusic

All Music, Lyrics, and Arrangements by Aaron Jensen (SOCAN)
Recorded by Kai Koschmider at Toast+Jam, Toronto.
Additional Recording on Obvious Pair by Misha Kachkachishvili at Esplanade Studios, New Orleans.
Produced and edited by Aaron Jensen - www.aaronjensen.ca
Mixed by Kai Koschmider - www.kaikoschmider.com
Mastered by Andy Krehm at Silverbirch Productions

Guest Sessions

For Alice (feat. Evelyn Glennie)

Pick It Up (feat. Randy Brecker)

Someone (feat. Rich Brown)

Aaron Jensen is an award-winning Toronto-based composer, producer, performer, and clinician. His creative works have been performed and recorded by several JUNO/GRAMMY award-winning artists (Randy Brecker, Mariah Carey, Natalie MacMaster, Bobby McFerrin, Evelyn Glennie, Ron Sexsmith, Heather Rankin, Cindy Cashdollar, and others); by celebrated choirs, such as the Elora Festival Singers (CANADA), Zvonky Praha (CZECHIA), The Swingles (U.K.), and Voices of Namibia (NAMIBIA); and by symphony orchestras including the TUCCA Philharmonic (BRAZIL), Orchestra Teatro Puccini, (ITALY) and Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg (FRANCE).

Jensen had the pleasure of acting as musical director, music producer, band leader, and composer for the nine-time Emmy award winning, Schitt's Creek. His musical services have been called on for recording projects by Andrea Bocelli, Kevin Hearn, Bob Ezrin, and Barack and Michelle Obama. Aaron has contributed to platinum-selling, GRAMMY/JUNO award-nominated albums, and has received several international CARA awards and nominations for his original music. Jensen has twice been recognized by the International John Lennon Songwriting Competition, including a grand prize win for Best Jazz Composition. He has been enlisted as a musical director/content creator for companies including Chapters/Indigo, Zoomer Media, 20th Century Fox, Cineplex, Major League Baseball, The Greater Toronto Airport Authority, and Entertainment One. Aaron’s passion for the theatre has been recently displayed in his mini-musical, The Trial of Bastiano di Balogna, which was produced by the New York City musical theatre podcast, Bite-Sized Broadway - airing in early 2021.

Since completing his studies in music composition at York University in 2006, Aaron has toured and recorded with the award-winning groups Cadence, Countermeasure, Retrocity, and The Watch. His love of vocal music, obsession with language, and passion for interweaving musical genres can be heard throughout his body of work. Jensen is the Artistic and Musical Director of Countermeasure, the Artist-in-Residence at Beth Sholom Synagogue,  an Associate Composer of the CMC, a recent Composer-in-Residence of the Canadian Men's Chorus, and the Artistic Director Emeritus of SING! The Toronto Vocal Arts Festival.

Aaron Jensen

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