Performances
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Orchestral, chamber and solo performance. Member of the Yakima Symphony; has played with ECCO and the Tacoma Opera.
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- Orchestral sub
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Cellist · Seattle, Washington
Hannah
Paulus
Classically trained cellist with over a decade of collaborative performance experience. Now accepting performance bookings and private students.
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Performances & Lessons
Private studio
Cello lessons
Private lessons in Seattle, informed by training in Body Mapping and the Alexander Technique.
- All ages
- Beginner to advanced
- In person
Exploring how technology can expand musicians' creativity and engagement with their practice and performance.
Performed with
- Yakima Symphony
- ECCO
- Tacoma Opera
- The Cleveland Orchestra (Kent Blossom)
- Knoxville Symphony
- Brevard Symphony Orchestra
- Symphony of the Mountains
About
Hannah Paulus is a Seattle-based cellist, teacher and improviser, originally from the East Bay Area in Northern California, with a Bachelors and a Masters in Cello Performance.
Ensembles
- Yakima Symphony
- ECCO
- Tacoma Opera
- The Cleveland Orchestra (Kent Blossom)
- Knoxville Symphony
- Brevard Symphony Orchestra
- Symphony of the Mountains
Education
MM, Cello Performance
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
BM, Cello Performance
University of California, Santa Barbara
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Performer
Hannah Paulus is a classically trained cellist with over a decade of collaborative performance experience. Raised in the East Bay Area of Northern California, Hannah grew up immersed in many musical styles. Hannah is a member of the Yakima Symphony and performs with ECCO and the Tacoma Opera. She has also played with the Knoxville Symphony, Brevard Symphony Orchestra, Symphony of the Mountains, and with The Cleveland Orchestra as part of the Kent Blossom Music Festival. Now based in Seattle, Washington, she runs her own private teaching studio.
Student & Teacher
She holds a B.M. from UC Santa Barbara and an M.M. from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Her primary mentors include Cathy Allen Aird, Jennifer Kloetzel, Wesley Baldwin, and Jon Hamar. She has also studied with Irene Sharp, Richard Weiss, Keith Robinson, Crispin Campbell, Jeremy Cohen, and Jean-Michel Fonteneau. Hannah has also had extensive exposure to Body Mapping and the Alexander Technique, which informs her approach to more sustainable, injury-free playing. She has studied with Cathy Madden, Robert Britton and Jed Diamond.
Improviser & Composer
Hannah has a particular interest in exploring how technology can be used to expand musicians' creativity and engagement with their practice and performance. While working on her Masters in Tennessee she began to further explore how this could be used for her own playing and began to write and perform her own music. She took improvisation and composition lessons with Jon Hamar and began playing with electro-acoustic improvisational groups and found more opportunities to collaborate with a wider group of musicians and artists.
Contact
Please reach out for any performance or teaching inquiries!
hmlpaulus@gmail.com LinkedIn @hpaulus_