Hannah is a Composer and Saxophonist based in London. In 2010 she gained a Masters degree in Composition at Trinity College of Music, which she passed with Distinction. At Trinity, Hannah studied composition with Errollyn Wallen, Stephen Montague and Deirdre Gribbin. Prior to this she gained her Bachelor of Music at the University of Birmingham, graduating in 2006 with a first in composition under Vic Hoyland.

Hannah had her piece Edges of Slumber performed and recorded by Birmingham Contemporary Music Group and it was also runner up in the COMPASS prize at the University of Birmingham. At Trinity College of Music, Hannah won the John Halford Composition Prize and more recently, the 2010 St Paul's Sinfonia Competition resulting in her piece Secret South East Eight being premiered by the orchestra and conducted by Andrew Morley.

Hannah has been supported by The Countess of Munster Trust and was awarded the Beatrice Taylor Scholarship at Trinity College of Music for the year 2008/09. In 2009 she was a Leverhulme Scholar and also a nominee for the Harriet Cohen Memorial Award.

Hannah particularly enjoys working collaboratively and she has worked on a number of projects with choreographers and theatre-makers, exploring the way that movement and music can be integrated. Cel, Hannah's debut piece for dance, was written for solo cello and investigated the concept of the musician as part of the movement. Cel has subsequently been performed many times including at the Harmony of the Spheres Festival of Time and Space and at Jackson's Lane Theatre.

Hannah’s latest work Contortions was premiered at Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge in January 2011, performed by Aika Collective. This was commissioned by Kettle’s Yard in association with the RVW Trust and the PRS Foundation for the 2011 New Music Series.

(February 2011)