Information About Hannah - Worcester teacher

Personal Description:

I am a performing soloist and recording artist, teaching students of all levels. I have experience teaching in a variety of settings - privately, in schools, in music hubs, and in masterclasses. I'm just as excited about helping you start your violin journey as I am about tutoring advanced players!

Hannah was born and grew up in Herefordshire and took up the violin at the age of three. She briefly attended the Yehudi Menuhin school, and studied with renowned British violinist Rodney Friend, Mateja Marinkovic, based at the Royal Academy of Music in London, and British concertmaster, James Clark.

Hannah was the recipient of the prestigious Martin Musical Scholarship of the Philharmonia Orchestra for three consecutive years and received the inaugural Yehudi Menuhin Prize for string playing whilst reading music at the University of Cambridge.

Hannah has a keen interest in the music of Elgar and Vaughan-Williams. In March 2018 she recorded an album of their works with pianist and conductor Adrian Partington. She enjoys a varied solo career with a particular focus on English music, and performs regularly with various chamber ensembles and as a freelance orchestral musician in major venues in the UK and further afield, including Carnegie Hall, New York and with ensembles including the English Symphony Orchestra, Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra of Longborough Festival Opera & more.

On October 2024, Hannah's album of previously unrecorded music by Gustav Holst and other English composers, supported by the Gustav Holst Society, will be released on the Albion record label.

Hannah also teaches in Worcestershire, and until 2024 directed an award-winning Herefordshire Opera Company. Her violin, previously played by Lydia Mordkovitch, is by Harris and Sheldon.

Tutoring Experience:

Hannah , DipABRSM, LRSM, M.A. (Cantab) is a certified and DBS-checked ISM Private Teacher. She has worked as a private violin teacher for several years, as well as for music hubs and schools including Summer Fields school in Oxford. She was a student of some of Europe's finest pedagogues and passes on their expertise to her own students.

Tutoring Approach:

My approach to teaching is tailored to the individual. I will always focus on your specific needs and never try to mould you into a clone of any other violinist. We will explore music and musicality, focusing both on the technical and musical skills you need to play to a high level, and enjoy it! Although I will support students in ABRSM and Trinity examinations, I deliberately do not offer an 'exam-driven' approach and will never push a student to undertake an exam unless the motivation comes from the student themselves.

I now offer online lessons supported by my professional audiovisual equipment.

Get in touch with me to arrange a trial session with no obligation.