BIO

Dr. Hannah Murray is a violinist and teacher based in Los Angeles, California. She is an internationally recognized artist and the co-founder and creator of corpSonore – sound | body | wellness a platform and podcast dedicated to the health and wellness of all musicians. Hannah is a certified 200-hour yoga teacher, completing her training with Noah Mazé and Rocky Heron and holds a certificate in “Essentials of Performing Arts Medicine.” She is a Suzuki certified violin teacher and currently completing the Timani Training. She is one of only three Timani teachers in the United States.

Dr. Murray is the Music Director of Harmony Project Pasadena, a Master Teaching Artist with Harmony Project Tulsa, and a Teaching Artist with the LA Philharmonic. She has also collaborated with Project 440. Before moving to California, she was the instructor of Violin and Viola, String Chamber Music, and String Education at Oklahoma Baptist University, Mid-America Christian University, and the University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma. 

Hannah is the Associate Principal Second of the Tulsa Symphony and Tulsa Ballet, and regularly performs with Opera Santa Barbara, the Pacific Opera Project, the Hollywood Chamber Orchestra, and San Bernardino Symphony. Previously, she was the Associate Concertmaster of the Signature Symphony, and the second violinist of the Tulsa Rock Quartet and also performed with the Tulsa Opera, the Wichita Symphony, the Oklahoma City Philharmonic, and the Symphony of Northwest Arkansas.

She regularly performs, records, tours and collaborates with a diverse collection of composers, ensembles, and performers including 2cellos, Andrea Bocelli, Amy Grant, Michael Bublé, West Thordson, Jung Jae-il, Astronautalis, P.O.S., Me and My Arrow, THEMES, A Whisper in the Noise, and WIVE. Hannah has also appeared at many indie rock, jazz, and classical music festivals all over the world including the EOM20 Festival in Leipzig, The Oregon Coast Music Festival, SXSW, Marrowstone Music Festival, The Jamey Aebersold Summer Jazz Workshop, BRAVO!, The Hawaii Performing Arts Festival, and the CICA International Music Festival.

While a student at Interlochen Arts Academy, she was the recipient of the prestigious Robert Mandura String Scholarship and in 2011 received third prize in the CICA International Concerto Competition. In 2013 and 2014 she was a top prizewinner in the University of Oklahoma Concerto Competition.

Dr. Murray completed her Doctor of Musical Arts degree in 2017. You can read her dissertation, "Using Iyengar Yoga to Enhance Violin Playing," here.

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