Hannah Moore is a multifaceted percussionist-composer with a love for uplifting new and emerging voices. Hannah has premiered works by composers Joseph Schwanter, Grace Coberly, Catherine Likhuta, Joshua Muetzel, Michael Gordon, Susan Powell, Em Singleton, and Stuart Saunders Smith. These premieres have occurred through personal projects, folx Percussion, and international new music festival performances at Bang on a Can Loud Weekend, Nief-Norf Summer Festival, Sō Percussion Summer Institute, International Women's Brass Conference, and the Sandbox Percussion Seminar. Hannah is a member of folx Percussion, a femme and nonbinary percussion ensemble focused on performing new works. The group is currently commissioning eight composers to write pieces based on the concept of identity for their project Glimpses. Hannah has had the pleasure of performing with groups such as the Paul Winter Consort, Monarch Brass, New Haven Oratorio Choir, Hartford Capitol Winds, Columbus Gay Men’s Chorus, Zuva Zimbabwean Marimba Ensemble, Holyoke Civic Symphony, and the West Hartford Symphony Orchestra.
Hannah’s compositional style is rooted in her passion for the present. Whether creating works tailored to specific ensembles and individuals or composing pieces focused on current issues, she loves exploring the here and now of musical performance with consideration for future historical implications. Her works are thematically strong and rhythmically intricate with a particular, intentional focus on timbral details. She has been commissioned by the Pickerington North High School Percussion Ensemble, Summit Ridge Duo, and various American musicians. Her works are published by Wildlight Publications and can also be found on her website.
Hannah is currently an Instructor of Music at High Point University where she teaches percussion and composition. Concurrently, she is pursuing her doctorate in Percussion, with a minor in Composition, at the Hartt School of Music, University of Hartford. She received her bachelors and master’s degrees in Music Performance from the Ohio State University.
Hannah’s compositional style is rooted in her passion for the present. Whether creating works tailored to specific ensembles and individuals or composing pieces focused on current issues, she loves exploring the here and now of musical performance with consideration for future historical implications. Her works are thematically strong and rhythmically intricate with a particular, intentional focus on timbral details. She has been commissioned by the Pickerington North High School Percussion Ensemble, Summit Ridge Duo, and various American musicians. Her works are published by Wildlight Publications and can also be found on her website.
Hannah is currently an Instructor of Music at High Point University where she teaches percussion and composition. Concurrently, she is pursuing her doctorate in Percussion, with a minor in Composition, at the Hartt School of Music, University of Hartford. She received her bachelors and master’s degrees in Music Performance from the Ohio State University.
