Choirs and Conducting
I absolutely love conducting choirs – something truly magical happens when you have multiple voices coming together – both musically and emotionally.
Works conducted include Will Todd’s Mass in Blue with full band, Bob Chilcott’s Little Jazz Mass with trio, Ola Gjeilo’s Lake Isle and Luminous Night of the Soul with string quartet, Fauré’s Requiem with full orchestra, and commissioned music When All Was Young by emerging composer Ben Lee. I also launched ITV Voices. One of my proudest moments was working with men from Pentonville Prison.
I hold an LRSM with distinction in Choral Conducting. I am also an advocate of good vocal health and up to date vocal teachings. In 2015 I was awarded a BBC Unsung Hero award for my work with community choir Victoria Park Singers.
History
April 2025: Didsbury Singers launched in Manchester
October 2024: Walthamstow Singers launched in London
April 2023: Bollington Singers launched in Cheshire
January 2023: Finsbury A Cappella launched in Islington
August 2022: Hannah conducted the Wilderness Festival Choir for the first time
May 2022: High Peak Singers was launched in New Mills, Derbyshire
July 2020: Hannah formed a virtual choir to launch a new piece of contemporary choral music, Earth Prayer, which she composed during Covid-19. Over 100 singers from around the world took part.
March 2020: 160 singers from HB Choirs performed in ‘Symphonic Gospel Spirit’ with the London Symphony Orchestra at The Barbican as part of the massed choir.
September 2019: Victoria Park Singers, together with the Crouch End Festival Chorus, represented “East” in a performance of John Luther Adams’ In The Name of the Earth as part of this years Proms at the Royal Albert Hall.
September 2018: Finsbury Park Singers was founded.
April 2017: Hannah put together and coached the choir for the opening number of the Olivier Awards (The Girls – by Gary Barlow and Tim Firth) – made up of members of our HB Choirs
December 2016: Hannah fixed and coached choirs for Gary Barlow’s performance at the Royal Variety Show at the Hammersmith Apollo and also for his performance on Strictly Come Dancing.
June 2015: The BBC named Hannah as one of the inaugural BBC Music Day Unsung Heroes. You can listen to the BBC Radio 2 Steve Wright piece about the award here. There is also a short film featuring Victoria Park Singers below and to hear all the radio interviews click here.
2013: I founded Victoria Park Singers, my East London based choir. There are around 100 singers and they rehearse on Wednesday evenings at Lauriston School in Hackney