Hana Morford
Viola, Violin
Hana Morford holds a Bachelor of Music degree from Cleveland Institute of Music, a Master of Music degree from Rice University, and a Graduate Performance Diploma from the Peabody Conservatory. A passionate educator, the violist is the educator director of the Greater Baltimore Youth Orchestra’s (GBYO) Bridges program, as well as a faculty member in the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra’s OrchKids program, and the Baltimore School for the Arts’ TWIGS program. Morford’s former teachers include Victoria Chiang, James Dunham, Jeffrey Irvine, Lynne Ramsey and Rebecca Henry. She has been a finalist with the San Antonio and New World (Miami) Symphonies, and has also been a fellowship student at numerous music festivals throughout the U.S., including the Aspen, Sarasota, Kneisel Hall, and Spoleto USA festivals. While a student at Peabody, Morford was the recipient of both a Peabody Career Grant and the Israel Dorman Memorial Award in Strings, and was also selected to perform chamber music with Peabody faculty members in Shanghai, China.
