about

hannah jane vokal is a bassist, composer and songwriter based in austin, texas. incorporating her experiences in writing and performing progressive metal, rock, indie, and folk, she seeks to connect various musical communities through her compositions.

hannah has been an endorsed as an artist with balaguer guitars since 2018. she is the bassist, vocalist, and songwriter for her indie/chamber pop project feels like honey, progressive alternative band blank slate, and progressive metalcore band spirit breaker (2021-2023). she is an active touring and performing bassist for various groups in texas, including point blank society.

during her time in spirit breaker, the band toured with acts such as silent planet, lightworker, and pickwick commons. blank slate has performed alongside numerous acts in the progressive community, including silent planet, hail the sun, sianvar, and strawberry girls. their three eps, “drifting” (2020), “i have considered the following” (2017), and “animate” (2017), along with their three consecutive singles, “figures,” “dedicate,” and “verified” (2019) are available on all streaming platforms. in 2023, hannah engineered, produced, and released her first ever full-length album, “all things endless” by feels like honey, released in 2023 on all streaming platforms.

hannah has been commissioned as a composer by the alumni support initiative through the gabriela lena frank creative academy of music, the grand valley state university new music ensemble, the detroit composers' project, and various instrumentalists.

recent projects include her most recent feels like honey single the haze, available on all streaming platforms; unfurling (2024) for solo trumpet/flugelhorn and electronics, commissioned by connor johnson and 25 consortium members; the release of her debut album all things endless by feels like honey, murmuring (2022), commissioned and toured by the grand valley state university new music ensemble and performed in various national parks; and the commercial release of cura nata (2021), spirit breaker’s debut album via solid state records.

hannah was a composer fellow for the 2021-2022 gabriela lena frank creative academy of music. she is an alumna of the 2021 sō percussion summer institute, the unheard of ensemble’s 2020 collaborative composition initiative, the 2019 atlantic music festival, and fifth house ensemble’s 2019 fresh inc. festival. hannah has participated in reading sessions with roomful of teeth (2020) and members of the detroit symphony orchestra (2018).

hannah has worked with various filmmakers including director tennyson hendershott, in which she was awarded best composition/original score at the bowling green state university film & media festival. in the mirror for ssaattbb chorus was the recipient of the 2020 michigan state university honors competition in the choral division and was premiered by the michigan state university chorale in 2021. on searching for a voice for violin, cello, and piano was awarded first place in the 2019 national federation of music clubs beyer composition awards.

hannah completed her master of music in composition degree at the university of michigan in 2022, studying with kristin kuster and evan chambers. she also completed her bachelor of music in composition at michigan state university in 2020, where her primary mentors were david biedenbender, zhou tian, and rodney whitaker. hannah is also a visual artist and creates with multiple mediums including artwork with resin, polymer clay, and acrylics.