Hannah Peel
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Hannah Mary Peel |
| Born | 27 August 1984 |
| Origin | Craigavon, Northern Ireland |
| Genres | Alternative / indie pop / electronic / folk |
| Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter, composer, arranger |
| Instruments | Vocals, piano, violin, trombone, music box, Synthesiser |
| Years active | 2005–present |
| Labels | My Own Pleasure, Beggars Group, Static Caravan, Full Time Hobby |
| Associated acts | The Magnetic North, John Foxx and the Maths, Erland and the Carnival, Tunng |
| Website | hannahpeel |
Hannah Mary Peel (born Craigavon, Northern Ireland), is an Irish singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, composer and arranger based in London, England. Active since 2005, she performs both as a solo artist and as a member of the indie rock group The Magnetic North and the electronic group John Foxx and the Maths. She is known for fabricating music boxes and composing, recording, and performing with them.
Following a career as a composer/arranger and musical director for theatre, as well as a session musician for many artists, she launched her solo career in 2010. Her first album, The Broken Wave, met with positive reviews. Her most recent EP, Fabricstate, came out in 2014 on her own label My Own Pleasure.
Her music box compositions have been featured on numerous adverts, artist remixes and the 2012 film Anna Karenina featuring Keira Knightley. Peel has won a number of awards, including a 2013 Royal Television Society award for best original title music for the show Dates.
Hannah Mary Peel was born in Craigavon, County Armagh, Northern Ireland. She attended Drumgor Primary School, where her mother was a teacher. At the age of eight, Peel moved with her family to Barnsley, South Yorkshire. Between travelling to and from Ireland and Northern Ireland during her school life, her family's musical influence inspired her to play the piano, violin, cornet and the trombone, performing competitively with brass bands and school orchestras. It was here she also started to compose songs, instrumental music and play with her father and friends in various folk and rock bands.
Her school holidays as a child and teenager were spent in Tramore, Rosbeg, County Donegal. Peel graduated with a first-class honours degree in music and performance from the Paul McCartney Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts.
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