Hannah Glatter

  • Instrument

    Percussion

  • Outside of BPO, what is your occupation?

    Chemistry student at University of Birmingham and swimming teacher

  • How long have you been a member of BPO?

    Played with the BPO since 2021


  • What inspired you to take up your instrument?

    I loved playing piano and my music teacher at school introduced me to tuned percussion as a similar instrument. From there I branched out into all areas of percussion/timpani and haven’t looked back since! Now I play in orchestras and brass bands and really enjoy learning new repertoire. 

  • How did you come to join the orchestra?

    I joined BPO when I moved to Birmingham and wanted to join a good orchestra outside of my uni ensembles. BPO gave me the opportunity to play new repertoire and meet other musicians who I otherwise wouldn’t have played with and learnt from. 

  • Most treasured occasion with the BPO?

    Playing Mahler 7 in Leominster Priory Church with team percussion. 


  • Any moments you would rather forget?

    Throwing my timp stick in the middle of a concert and having to subtly pick up another one and keep playing. 


  • Favourite composer? Least favourite composer?

    Favourite composer: either Bernstein - purely for West Side Story or Mahler for timpani parts that are great fun, Prokofiev. To listen to would be Tchaikovsky. 


    Least favourite composer: anyone that makes percussion wait all piece to play then puts one quiet note near the end. 

  • Work(s) you would like to play before you die?

    Dvorak New World Symphony, Tchaikovsky 1812 Overture, Mahler 6, full planets suite.