Hannie McGarity will finish her master’s degree at Manhattan School of Music this year, where she studies with Sheryl Staples. She freelances in New York City and has extensive experience playing for orchestra, chamber ensembles, opera and musical theater. She spent last summer performing in the National Repertory Orchestra in Breckenridge, Colorado, and is a substitute violinist for the New World Symphony.

Hannie received her Bachelor of Music from St. Olaf College in 2019, where she studied with Dr. Francesca Anderegg and toured domestically and internationally for four years under the baton of Maestro Steven Amundson. Hannie has performed solo recitals for the Bellingham Festival of Music (2018) and the International Edvard Grieg Society’s conference in Bergen, Norway (2017). Before her summer with the NRO, Hannie studied at Domaine Forget International Music Academy, Brevard Music Center, ENCORE! Chamber Music Festival, and Marrowstone Summer Music Festival.