Hannah Markun (she/her) is a trumpet player, educator, and scholar in Greensboro, North Carolina. She pairs her deep dedication to healthy musicianship with advocacy for creating welcoming, inclusive spaces for women and other marginalized brass musicians. She aspires to be a "well-rounded classical musician" with roots in the orchestral tradition and fluency in commercial styles.
Hannah sustains an active musical lifestyle performing in various professional ensembles and pit orchestras across North Carolina. She also embraces her love of chamber music with her co-founding several ensembles, including Pathfinders Trio, a modular woodwind and brass trio and winners of the 2024 Music for a Great Space Artist Residency, Greensboro Chamber Brass (brass quintet), and Valkyrie Brass (all-women brass quintet).
Hannah was invited as a performer to the International Women’s Brass conference in 2025 to premiere a new composition, Play. by Emma Lippert, on the New Works Recital. Play. is a work for piccolo trumpet and piano commissioned by Markun in 2024 to expand the collection of modern piccolo trumpet works, many of which are not written by women nor are accessible to those new to auxiliary trumpets. In the fall of 2022, Hannah was selected as a finalist in the Next Generation Trumpet Competition, an international “virtual new music contest” where trumpet players compete with their recordings of brand-new etudes composed for the competition. She was also the third place winner of the 20th annual Hollis Prize in 2022, the most prestigious music competition at Millikin University. She is a member of International Trumpet Guild, International Women’s Brass Conference, Chamber Music America (Pathfinders Trio), and Sigma Alpha Iota International Music Fraternity.
Her scholarly work focuses on connecting the sociohistorical effects of Victorian-era social trends to the gender binary divide in the modern orchestra. This research has allowed her to analyze feminist history within the context of the music world, filling a gap in scholarship outlining why the gender divide in the modern orchestra exists. This work inspired her to craft her Master’s recital to exclusively highlight trumpet works by women composers.
Hannah’s academic pursuits are highlighted with dedicated study under esteemed educators. She graduated with her MM in Trumpet Performance from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, studying under Dr. Garrett Klein. She holds a Bachelor of Music degree in Trumpet Performance from Millikin University, where she studied with Dr. David Moore, Randall Reyman, and Dr. Robert Sears.
Hannah sustains an active musical lifestyle performing in various professional ensembles and pit orchestras across North Carolina. She also embraces her love of chamber music with her co-founding several ensembles, including Pathfinders Trio, a modular woodwind and brass trio and winners of the 2024 Music for a Great Space Artist Residency, Greensboro Chamber Brass (brass quintet), and Valkyrie Brass (all-women brass quintet).
Hannah was invited as a performer to the International Women’s Brass conference in 2025 to premiere a new composition, Play. by Emma Lippert, on the New Works Recital. Play. is a work for piccolo trumpet and piano commissioned by Markun in 2024 to expand the collection of modern piccolo trumpet works, many of which are not written by women nor are accessible to those new to auxiliary trumpets. In the fall of 2022, Hannah was selected as a finalist in the Next Generation Trumpet Competition, an international “virtual new music contest” where trumpet players compete with their recordings of brand-new etudes composed for the competition. She was also the third place winner of the 20th annual Hollis Prize in 2022, the most prestigious music competition at Millikin University. She is a member of International Trumpet Guild, International Women’s Brass Conference, Chamber Music America (Pathfinders Trio), and Sigma Alpha Iota International Music Fraternity.
Her scholarly work focuses on connecting the sociohistorical effects of Victorian-era social trends to the gender binary divide in the modern orchestra. This research has allowed her to analyze feminist history within the context of the music world, filling a gap in scholarship outlining why the gender divide in the modern orchestra exists. This work inspired her to craft her Master’s recital to exclusively highlight trumpet works by women composers.
Hannah’s academic pursuits are highlighted with dedicated study under esteemed educators. She graduated with her MM in Trumpet Performance from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, studying under Dr. Garrett Klein. She holds a Bachelor of Music degree in Trumpet Performance from Millikin University, where she studied with Dr. David Moore, Randall Reyman, and Dr. Robert Sears.
