Hannah holds a Bachelor’s degree in violin performance from the University of Minnesota, where she studied with Mark Bjork, and Master’s degree in violin performance from the University of Northern Iowa, where she studied violin with Dr. Ross Winter and viola with Dr. Julia Bullard. Growing up, she was a student in the UNI Suzuki School and studied with Lisa Guttenberg and Therese Fetter, among others.
Hannah also teaches one day a week at the UNI Suzuki School, serves as Music Librarian for the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Symphony, and is String Specialist at West Music in Coralville. She performs regularly with the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Symphony, Southeast Iowa Symphony, and other ensembles throughout Eastern Iowa, as well as in a duo with her husband, Austin Jacobs, a violinist/guitarist and orchestra director at Southeast Junior High in Iowa City.