An avid solo and chamber performer, Hannah Weaver is passionate about contemporary music and interdisciplinary collaborations, such as her work with artist Sarah Hall and dancer Katrinka Stayton. Hannah believes in making the arts more accessible to and representative of all people, advocating for this through her programming choices and commissioning of new works by underrepresented composers.

Hannah is Assistant Professor of Percussion at UNO and previously taught at Virginia Tech. Hannah has presented clinics at VCU, BGSU, URGTV, Radford University, the University of Indianapolis, and ETSU.

In November of 2018, Hannah competed in the semifinals of the TROMP International Percussion Competition in Amsterdam. She also placed in the semifinals of the 2009 Paris International Marimba Competition and won the 2014 PASIC Orchestra Mock Audition. In 2014 she performed Russell Peck’s “The Glory and the Grandeur” with the NRO.

Hannah is a member of Heartland Marimba Quartet. She has attended several music festivals, including Aspen, NRO, Lake George Music Festival, and Texas Music Festival. Hannah previously was Principal Timpanist for the Columbus Indiana Philharmonic and Second Percussionist for the Terre Haute Symphony Orchestra. She has performed with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, Kansas City Symphony, Omaha Symphony, Fort Wayne Philharmonic and Syracuse Symphoria. She has performed with Renee Fleming, Augustin Hadelich, Orli Shaham, Audra McDonald, Bob Becker, Jennifer Koh, and Sø Percussion. Hannah (she/her/hers) is an active member of NAfME, CMS, PAS and is a proud endorser of Malletech and Zildjian products.