HANNAH COLLINS, cello

Cellist Hannah Collins, from Geneva, NY, has been the recipient of several prizes including the 2007 Presser Music Award.  She enjoys studying the works of living composers with recent performances including Sofia Gubaidulina's Sonnengesang for solo cello, percussion and choir with Yale Schola Cantorum (directed by Simon Carrington), and Kaija Saariaho's Sept Papillons for solo cello under the guidance of the composer, at the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival Creative Dialogue Workshop.  Hannah is also an active performer of early music, appearing regularly with the Yale Collegium Players (directed by Robert Mealy) and the Yale Temperament: A Consort of Viols.  As a chamber musician, Hannah has been inspired by her many summers as a student, counselor and junior faculty member at Greenwood Music Camp in the Berkshires.  She has also performed at Kneisel Hall, Orford Centre d'arts (Quebec), Heidelberg Festival (Germany), and NJO (Holland). 

Hannah is currently a graduate student of Aldo Parisot at the Yale School of Music.   Former teachers include Stefan Reuss and Ole Akahoshi.  In 2006, she earned a B.S. in biomedical engineering summa cum laude from Yale College with a focus in sensory perception research.