Hannah Gendler first started her music career when she was 5, playing the piano for her parents. However, when she was 12, she started playing the clarinet. Her favorite genres on the clarinet is Romantic and the blues.
She’s performed in the national Music For All Festival, and the North Texas Festival of Distinction. On high prestige, Hannah was honored to be one of the performing soloists on the North Texas Festival of Distinction.
With only division ones, Hannah is proud to present her piece to the world. You can find her playing at her National recognized band Ronald Thornton Middle school. When she isn’t playing clarinet, she enjoys playing tennis, and biking.
The accompanist: Christian McGee, from Florence, Alabama, performs as a solo and collaborative pianist throughout the United States, Germany, and Austria. She made her Carnegie Hall debut at age 16 with her school’s award-winning music program, and went on to receive top prizes at the Zelpha Wells International Competition, Ruth Kern Young Artist Concerto Competition, Music Teacher’s National Association Alabama State Competition, and National Federation of Music Clubs Competition. In addition to engagements with the Shoals Symphony, she has appeared as a soloist with the Huntsville Symphony Orchestra, Atlanta Symphony Community Orchestra, Auburn Community Orchestra, and Auburn University Symphonic Winds.
Currently, she works as a coach and collaborative partner with musicians who are preparing recitals. She has most recently worked as a collaborative pianist for the University of Houston, as well as a rehearsal pianist and coach for the Houston based opera company, Operativo. She often collaborates with musicians from the Houston Symphony and Houston Ballet to help their students prepare for recitals. In 2020, she started a concert series in Houston supporting the development of young artists at Brazos Towers, one of Houston’s top retirement communities and assisted living facilities. Intent on taking it a step further, at the start of 2022 she became the CEO and Founder of CM Next Gen Productions, where she brings up and coming classical musicians into people’s homes for private house concerts. She holds a Bachelor of Music degree from Auburn University studying under Jeremy Samolesky, and a Master of Music degree from the University of Houston studying with Nancy Weems.
You can find the duet’s 2023 19th Century Music Competition performance here.