Hannah Murray, lyric soprano, received her B.A. in vocal performance from Connecticut College, and her M.M. in vocal pedagogy and performance from Westminster Choir College. Additional studies include the Royal Academy of Music in London, England, and Middlebury College’s Deutsch fur Sängerin program. A highly sought-after voice teacher, Mrs. Murray’s students have gone on to sing at some of the nation’s leading Schools of Music, such as Boston Conservatory, Elon, the Tisch school at NYU, and Yale, and have also sung on national musical theater tours, and off and on Broadway.
An accomplished singer in her own right, Mrs. Murray has performed throughout the Northeastern United States. She has been a soloist for The New Hampshire Philharmonic, The Lakes Region Symphony, The Nashua Symphony, The Concord Community Chorus, The Walker Lecture Series, The Paul Madore Chorale, The Opera Circle, The Keiser Concert Series at St. Paul’s School, and the Musicians of Wall Street series at Concord Community Music School, amongst others.
Mrs. Murray is thrilled to be on the full-time faculty at Plymouth State University as an Assistant Professor of Practice. In addition to her administrative and private teaching duties, she serves as Music Director for the Plymouth State University Musicals and teaches music and voice-related classes there. Formerly, she held the position of Voice and Choral Department Chair at Concord Community Music School, Adjunct Lecturer of Music at St. Anselm College, spent three years as Music Director at South Congregational Church, and recently served on the board of the Boston Chapter of the National Association of Teachers of Singing, where she held the position of Director of Boston Student NATS (SNATS). Mrs. Murray is a resident of Concord, NH and is the mother of two, Grace and Caroline.