Hannah Lash

Hannah Lash (born 1981) is an American composer of concert music who serves on the faculty of the Yale School of Music.

Lash's works have been commissioned by orchestras such as the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, the Alabama Symphony Orchestra, the American Composers Orchestra, and the Minnesota Orchestra. Her chamber music has been commissioned and performed by the JACK Quartet, the Da Capo Chamber Players, the Arditti Quartet, the Jupiter Quartet, among others. Her music has been presented in such venues as Carnegie Hall, the Walt Disney Concert Hall, (Le) Poisson Rouge, Tanglewood Music Center, Aspen Music Festival and School, the Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival, New York City Opera’s VOX, and the Art Institute of Chicago.

She frequently collaborates with librettist Royce Vavrek, on dramatic and/or vocal works.

Hannah Lash was born in Alfred, NY, USA in 1981. She began her studies in music during early childhood, and continued to pursue music throughout her education. She obtained a bachelor's degree in composition from the Eastman School of music in 2004, her PhD from Harvard University in 2010 [1], a performance degree from the Cleveland Institute of Music in 2008, and an Artist Diploma from the Yale School of Music in 2012. Her primary teachers include Martin Bresnick, Bernard Rands, Julian Anderson, Steven Stucky, Augusta Read Thomas, and Robert Morris.

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