A brilliant and collaborative conductor, Hannah Schendel is driven to perform and program compelling music that explores the human experience. In addition to serving as Visiting Conductor of the Carleton Orchestra, Schendel serves as Cover Conductor with the Minnesota Orchestra where she has assisted Osmo Vänskä, Ruth Reinhardt, and Tito Muñoz, and as Music Director of the Wayzata Symphony Orchestra. Schendel has recently participated in masterclasses with renowned maestri including the Järvi Academy/Pärnu Music Festival with Paavo Järvi, LEAD Foundation!/Fiskars Summer Music Festival with Esa-Pekka Salonen, Jukka-Pekka Saraste, and Eva Ollikainen, and the Cabrillo Festival for Contemporary Music with Cristian Măcelaru. Other highlights include serving as Assistant Conductor for Gregory Spears’ renowned American opera, Fellow Travelers, as Cover Conductor for Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and was a semifinalist in the 2023 Sergey Kussewitzky International Conducting Competition.
Schendel studied orchestral conducting at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music with Mark Gibson, and has been mentored by Johannes Schlaefli, Marin Alsop, Larry Rachleff, Joe Miller, Kathy Romey, Jonathan Martin, and Michelle Miller Burns, among many others.
At Carleton since 2023.
