Welcome back, Hannah!!

We’re excited to announce that illustrious violist Hannah Ross will be re-joining CMW this year as a teacher at the Daily Orchestra Program and member of the MusicWorks Collective. During her time as a CMW fellow last year Hannah spent one day a week with the DOP coaching the orchestra and helping students practice. Now we’re thrilled that she’ll be with us five days a week!

As a CMW Fellow Hannah was also able to observe different music programs in various parts of the U.S., including Boston, LA, and Juneau, Alaska!  Hannah was inspired by the programs she visited that were based in El Sistema and met every day.  She became interested in working with a daily program, and was happy that the Daily Orchestra Program position would offer her the opportunity to both do this and to continue living and working in the city of Providence, which she had fallen in love with during her fellowship.

Hannah is excited about learning new ways of approaching a younger age group of students this year with the DOP, and looks forward to becoming more organized and methodical in her teaching.

Hannah also enjoys writing letters (the old fashioned way – on paper with a pen!), and she also used to tap dance!  Hannah is also a talented baker, and her colleagues at CMW are thrilled that they will continue to be the recipients of Hannah’s famous home-baked treats!

We are so excited to continue working with, teaching with and performing with Hannah, and we’ll have more information about the new expansion of the Daily Orchestra Program coming to the blog soon!

—Adrienne Taylor, Daily Orchestra Program Director/Resident Musician