Hannah Morrison

About Hannah

Dr. Hannah C. Morrison is the Associate Director of Bands at West Chester University. Dr. Morrison’s primary responsibilities include conducting the Wind Symphony, assisting the “INCOMPARABLE” Golden Rams Marching Band, and teaching graduate and undergraduate conducting classes. Dr. Morrison holds a Doctor of Musical Arts Degree from the University of Missouri - Kansas City Conservatory (UMKC), where she studied with Steven D. Davis and Joseph Parisi. She holds a Master of Music Degree in Instrumental Conducting and a Bachelor of Music Education Degree from Baylor University, where she studied with J. Eric Wilson and Isaiah Odajima.

Dr. Morrison is highly sought after as a collaborator, with experience conducting wind ensembles, chamber ensembles, new music ensembles, and athletic bands. In the spring of 2024, she pioneered a chamber winds outreach concert at UMKC performing for approximately 1,000 elementary students across Kansas City. Dr. Morrison was selected for the National Band Association Young Composer/Conductor Mentor Project, guest conducting the U.S. Air Force Band in Washington, D.C.

Dr. Morrison serves as the Director of the Intermediate Wind Symphony at the Interlochen Arts Camp. Before her graduate studies, she worked as a band director in the Dallas Metro schools at Lamar Middle School and as a horn instructor and brass pedagogy specialist with the Marcus High School Band.

Dr. Morrison is a member of the College Band Directors National Association, National Association for Music Education, Pennsylvania Music Educators Association, and Pi Kappa Lambda.