Hannah Marks
About Hannah
Hannah Marks is a bassist, composer, and educator living in New York City. Marks’ debut album, Outsider, Outlier, is an explosive rendering of her search for belonging and empowerment. A nod to her love for punk, noise and free improvisation, Outsider, Outlier releases on Out Of Your Head Records on October 20, 2023.
She has performed at festivals like the Detroit Jazz Festival, Hyde Park Jazz Festival, 80-35 Music Festival, Iowa City Jazz Festival, and Indy Jazz Festival. In addition to her experimental rock project Outsider, Outlier, Marks also leads a jazz group, Hannah Marks Quartet.
As a side-woman, Marks has been described as having “a fresh, modern, and original approach to playing the bass” by Marcus Printup. Marks has played bass for Geoffrey Keezer, Nasheet Waits, Terri Lyne Carrington, Anna Webber, Miles Okazaki, Ingrid Jensen, Kalia Vandever, Matt Wilson, Ted Nash, Morgan Guerin and Marcus Printup. Marks’ discography includes playing on Geoffrey Keezer’s Grammy award winning composition “Refuge”, Kristen Lee Sergeant’s Falling with saxophonist Ted Nash, and Heartland Trio’s debut album, Year One.
- Fellowships
- MacDowell Fellowship, Peterborough, New Hampshire, 2023
- Stanford Mentor Fellowship, Palo Alto, California, 2023
- This Is A Movement: Collective Imagining Working Groups Initiative, Online, 2023
- Next Jazz Legacy Semi-Finalist, Online, 2022
- Stanford Mentor Fellowship, Palo Alto, California, 2022
- The Woodshed Network, Online, 2021
- Betty Carter Jazz Ahead, Washington, D.C., 2019
- Banff International Workshop in Jazz and Creative Music, Banff, Alberta, 2018
- Dave Brubeck Institute Summer Jazz Colony, Lake Tahoe, Nevada, 2014
- Awards and Grants
- John Lennon Songwriting Contest Finalist, 2024
- South Arts Jazz Road touring grant, 2023
- Pathways to Jazz recording grant, 2022
- South Arts Jazz Road touring grant, 2021
- Collegiate Combo Competition Winner (Heartland Trio), Detroit Jazz Festival, 2019
- Undergraduate Creative Activity Grant, Hutton Honors College, 2019
- Undergraduate Teaching Internship Grant, Hutton Honors College, 2018
- Undergraduate Research Grant, Hutton Honors College, 2018
- David N. Baker Jazz Scholarship, Jacobs School of Music, 2017-present
- Undergraduate Professional Experience Internship Grant, Hutton Honors College, 2017
- Undergraduate Research Partnership Grant, Hutton Honors College, 2016
- Premier Young Artist Award, Jacobs School of Music, 2015-2019
B.M., Jazz Studies - Indiana University Bloomington