Member Profile: Hannah Selin
Composer, Performer
Short Bio
Composer, violist and vocalist Hannah Selin juxtaposes acoustic instruments with electronic sounds, field recordings and recorded interviews to imagine new and unlikely sound-spaces. Her work ranges from solo instrumental and chamber music with and without electronics, to songs, music for dance, orchestral music and sound installations. Hannah has studied composition with Wang Jie, Per Bloland and Missy Mazzoli, viola with Karen Ritscher, and voice with Fay Victor. She performs frequently throughout New York City with ensembles including the AEON Ensemble and Ensemble Mise-En as well as her own group, GADADU, at venues including Carnegie Hall, Roulette, Rockwood Music Hall and Le Poisson Rouge.
After receiving the 2015 Miriam Gideon Award for excellence in the study of musical composition, Hannah was selected as Composer-In-Residence with the Brooklyn College Orchestra in the spring of 2016. In the fall of 2016, GADADU was awarded residencies at Avaloch Farm Music Institute and the Aaron Copland School of Music at Queens College. Hannah Selin was a finalist in the 2016 Verdant Vibes Call for Scores.