Hannah Shilvock, bass clarinet

Hannah is a clarinet and bass clarinet specialist, woodwind doubler and yoga teacher living in Brighton. She is passionate about promoting the bass clarinet as a virtuosic solo instrument, and has a large repertoire list of mostly contemporary works.

Hannah completed a Masters in Bass Clarinet Performance at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance with Distinction in 2020, where she was a scholar for the two years and was awarded with the Wilfred Hambleton Chamber Music Prize. She received a First Class Honours Bachelor of Music from the University Of Southampton in 2018, and was awarded the Peter Evans Prize for performance excellence.

In 2019, Hannah was a finalist in the first ever Silverstein Global Clarinet Contest, and has been named one of their ‘artists of the next generation’. In 2021 Hannah was a Bronze Award Winner for her performance in the Tunbridge Wells Interim International Music Competition, and most recently in 2022 was a finalist in the ERSO Soloist Of The Year competition with Michele Mangani’s Bass Clarinet concerto.

Hannah is a BG France and RATstands artist, and has recently published her arrangement of Debussy’s Cello Sonata arr. for bass clarinet and piano, with Alea Publishing.

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