How Music is Thriving at Wadham
As Wadham Director of Music, Hannah Zaki completes her second year in post, we caught up with her about the recent choir tour and everything going on with Wadham music.
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Director of College Music
Biography
As Director of Music, Hannah is responsible for directing the Chapel Choir. She plays a leading role in the organisation of musical activity within the College.
Born in Cardiff, Hannah is a professional Choral Conductor and Organist now based in Oxford. In addition to her role at Wadham, Hannah is the Musical Director and Co-Founder of Antiphon, one of Oxford’s leading amateur chamber choirs, and directs a number of other choirs in the Thames Valley Region.
Hannah completed her BA in Music at Hertford College, Oxford, where she was Organ Scholar. She subsequently attained a distinction in her MA in Choral Conducting at the Royal Academy of Music, where she was awarded the Alec Robertson Memorial Prize.
Hannah’s musical interests are wide-ranging, with a particular focus on English sacred choral music of the 16th and 20th Centuries, notably the music of William Byrd and Herbert Howells.