Hanlon named to Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra

Double bassist and School of Music Assistant Professor Kieran Hanlon has been invited to join the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra.

Chautauqua Institution announced the appointment on Facebook, and posted a short video of Assistant Professor Hanlon’s recording of Fats Waller’s “Honeysuckle Rose.”

In addition to his full-time position teaching double bass and jazz at Fredonia, Hanlon is a performer in the classical and jazz idoms, and enjoys a diverse performing career. He plays both acoustic and electric basses.

Hanlon noted, “I am so excited to be joining the Chautauqua Symphony following last summer’s audition. Playing with this world-class orchestra is a dream come true, and I am especially looking forward to the experiences with the group further shaping my teaching and work at Fredonia.”

Hanlon noted, “I am so excited to be joining the Chautauqua Symphony following last summer’s audition. Playing with this world-class orchestra is a dream come true, and I am especially looking forward to the experiences with the group further shaping my teaching and work at Fredonia.”

As a guest clinician, Hanlon has presented workshops and masterclasses at Indiana University's Jacob School of Music, The Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, The Eastman School of Music, The University of Colorado at Boulder and Colorado State University among numerous K-12 schools across New York State and Pennsylvania.

An active orchestral performer, Kieran is Principal Bass of the Erie Philharmonic, and works as a substitute double bassist with the Detroit Symphony, Buffalo Philharmonic and the Rochester Philharmonic. He has toured to Carnegie Hall with the Buffalo Philharmonic, and recorded Reinhold Gliere’s Symphony No. 3 “Il’ya Muromets” with the orchestra for the Naxos label.

In addition to frequent engagements as a freelance classical musician in upstate New York, Kieran is a first call jazz performer in the area, and is the bassist for the Buffalo Philharmonic Big Band.