Hannah Hammel Maser joined the Detroit Symphony Orchestra as Principal Flute in January 2020. Before joining the DSO, Hannah held the position of Principal Flute of the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra from 2017–2019. As an orchestral musician, Hannah has performed as guest Principal Flute with the Pittsburgh, Toronto, St. Louis and Baltimore Symphony Orchestras, and also as a guest in the sections of the New York Philharmonic, Fort Worth, Nashville, Richmond Symphony orchestras, Houston Grand Opera, and the Cleveland Orchestra, including as a guest with them on a tour to Austria. Hannah attended summer festivals including Tanglewood Music Center, Music Academy of the West, Pacific Music Festival, Spoleto Festival USA, and Round Top Music Festival.
A committed educator, Hannah joined the Flute and Chamber Music Faculty at the Cleveland Institute of Music in the fall of 2024 and prior to that, she served as acting Assistant Professor of Flute at Michigan State University during the spring semester of 2023. Hannah has been invited to teach for the Oberlin Conservatory, Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, University of North Texas, University of Alabama, University of Michigan, Interlochen Arts Academy, and New World Symphony. Hannah regularly coaches flutists through the Sphinx Organization and was a coach for Sphinx's 2022 Woodwind Audition Intensive.
Hannah has been featured as a soloist with the DSO on numerous occasions and as a student, she won several national solo flute competitions, including first prize in the National Flute Association's Orchestral Excerpt & Masterclass Competition and Young Artist Competition, with special distinction given for the Best Performance of the Newly Commissioned Piece. She holds a Bachelor of Music in flute performance and a minor in music theory from the Oberlin Conservatory and a Master of Music in flute performance from Rice University's Shepherd School of Music.