Jens Lovtang (he/him/his) is a multi-instrumentalist, singer, choir teacher, guitar teacher, songwriter, and composer living in Corvallis, Oregon.  Born and raised in San Luis Obispo, California, music is a second career for Jens.  After studying natural Resources at Humboldt State (now Cal Poly Humboldt) and getting an MS in Fisheries from Oregon State University, he spent over two decades as a fisheries biologist, primarily in the Deschutes River Basin. He went back to school at OSU relatively late in life to get his MAT in Music Ed, and he now teaches Choir at Corvallis High School and just started a new Guitar and Songwriting program at Crescent Valley High School.   He also serves as the Director of Music at the Corvallis First United Methodist Church.   Jens and his wife Sara, an ecologist, are newly-minted empty nesters, with two college-age daughters moved away from home and pursuing higher education.