Hannah Little
Mezzo-soprano
Bio:
Hannah Little is a Los Angeles based mezzo soprano with a passion for connecting through music making. She is at home in a wide range of musical styles and is especially motivated by how text informs musicality, drama, and meaning.
Hannah has appeared both locally and internationally as a choral artist, singing with acclaimed choruses including Los Angeles Master Chorale, Los Angeles Opera Chorus, Baroque Collegium LA, San Diego Symphony Chorus, Chicago Symphony Chorus, Grant Park Music Festival Chorus, and Music of the Baroque. As a roster member of the Los Angeles Master Chorale, Hannah has been featured as a soloist at Walt Disney Concert Hall on several occasions, including two performances of Handel’s Messiah. Other recent solo highlights include performances of Bach’s Weihnachtsoratorium, Bereitet die Wege, Bereitet die Bahn, Handel’s Messiah, and Johann Ernst Bach’s Mein Odem ist schwach with Baroque Collegium LA, and Mozart’s Requiem with the Long Beach Camerata Singers and Irvine Valley Community College.
Notable recording projects include Gabriela Ortiz’s Grammy award winning Yanga with the Los Angeles Master Chorale and the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Grammy nominated “Beloved” with Los Angeles Master Chorale, Anne Akiko Meyers, and Billy Childs, David Lang’s before and after nature with Bang on a Can All-Stars and Los Angeles Master Chorale, Gabriel Meyer’s The Chesterton Carols, and the soundtrack for Cat City, a film about the feral cat population in Chicago.
A Detroit native, Hannah completed her B.M. at Michigan State University. She received her M.M from DePaul University and is an alumna of Central City Opera’s Bonfils-Stanton Foundation Artists Training Program and Opera for the Young. In her downtime, Hannah enjoys cooking for friends and family, spending time with her husband and two black cats, thrifting, and hiking.
