JARED HASCHEK //
P L AY I N G T H E PA R T
by Ed Kerr
Jared Haschek is the string arranger behind When I went to university, or Uni as we call it eventually graduated, got my certificates and
the beautiful “Orchestral Selah” featured on here, I got a Bachelor of Education so I had a got my degree, by then I was so far entrenched
Hillsong’s What A Beautiful Name EP. A devoted backup plan but haven’t needed it yet. During in working as a musician it just never really
husband and father, a gifted songwriter, and a the years that I couldn’t get a job as a teacher occurred to me to find a job as a teacher.
self-confessed theory geek, Jared is passionate I just kept on working as a musician, doing a about parts: parts that enhance but don’t bit of producing, playing in bands, whatever overshadow studio productions, and parts that I could find. Did a bit of music transcribing. I work well within a worship team live. was always a theory nerd. I always loved theory [Jared] Yeah, when we first got married, she
[WM] Has your wife worked?
and the way the written music worked and the was in IT. Our oldest is 15 and our next is 11.
[WM] Tell us a little about your family and your way that it could convey ideas. I was always She worked between our first and second
background? obsessed with that kind of stuff. being born, but after our 11-year old was born
she hasn’t worked since. So, for the last 12
[Jared Haschek] I was born and raised in Then
Melbourne, Australia. That’s where I live with my transcription software) in the mid to late 90s, it
wife, Rebecca, and our three kids, ages nine was a whole new world. So, I bought Finale and
through fifteen. Music’s all I’ve ever done, really. started writing charts for people. Then when I
148 August 2019
when
I
discovered
Finale
(music
years, it’s just me working, and we haven’t
starved yet (laughing).
[WM] Hillsong was going strong in the 90s.
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