Hannah has been a member of DWYCB for all of her playing life and although now retired from the Band, she still makes an occasional appearance.

Hannah is currently studying at the Royal Academy of Music where she is the current recipient of the Santander Award and was previously awarded the Elton John Scholarship.

Professional orchestral work includes the Philharmonia Orchestra, the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Orpheus Britannicus and leading a brass section for the BBC Radiophonic Workshop’s reunion concert at the Roundhouse, Camden in 2009.

Hannah has performed with the RAM Symphony Orchestra under Yan Pascal Tortelier, Leif Segerstam, Thierry Fischer and Pierre Laurent Aimard. She performs regularly with the RAM Baroque Orchestra as part of the Kohn Foundation Bach Cantata Series and played with the orchestra at the Spitalfields Festival under Laurence Cummings.

Hannah has performed in a variety of venues including the Royal Albert Hall, Royal Festival Hall, Birmingham Symphony Hall, Westminster Cathedral, St James’ Palace and St Martin in the Fields. In March 2010, Hannah was invited back to Wells Cathedral School to give a recital as part of the school’s Brass and Percussion Festival. She appeared as a soloist at the Spitalfields Festival’s, ‘In the House’ event in June and September 2010 and she performed Gareth Wood’s Bedivere for solo trumpet and harp ensemble with RAM harp ensemble at St Edmundsbury Cathedral in May 2010.

As a concerto soloist, Hannah has performed the Arutiunian, Hummel, Neruda, Vivaldi Double and Shostakovich (Piano and Trumpet) concertos.

Aside from solo and orchestral work, Hannah has a passion for chamber music and is a member of the Accenti Brass quintet, who have given recitals at St Martin in the Fields, Senate House, Regent Hall and at the Regent Street Festival.

Hannah has won a scholarship for an MA at the Academy next year, so she may continue her studies there if she comes back from a stay in Santander this summer where she has won a place at a chamber music festival – Lucky girl!!!

If you don’t yet have your CD, you should be able to puchase one from any of our future concerts, however if you wish to make sure of your copy (and you should!, we are now on our second batch) then please contact James LeLean or email the web site to reserve your copy.

A bargain at £8 each or £15 for two!

The evening was well attended by freinds and family and Hannah treated us to a dazzling performance of very technical trumpet playing.

We all wish Hannah the very best with her exam performance coming up very soon now!

Passed away peacefully August 2010

Peter had been associated with the Band for over 25 years, initially as the parent of a Band member and subsequently as a committee member, much of this time as Treasurer.
Peter was always first in line to help and hardly ever missed a performance right up to the end of his life.