hannah spiro
Hannah Spiro has been singing and strumming at Washington, D.C. area coffee
houses since she was 13. Now, at 17, she is a fixture in the D.C. music
scene. Hannah performs at numerous shows and showcases, frequently as the
headlined act. Her musicianship and songwriting are also on display in her
2006 CD, "Last Lights on in Town". "Last Lights" earned Hannah a Washington
Area Music Award nomination in the category of Contemporary-Folk. "In
Touch," the first song on that CD, was a Finalist in the 2006 Mid-Atlantic
Songwriters' Contest and received an Honorable Mention in the 2007 Singer
Songwriter Awards and in the 11th Cooch Music Amateur Songwriting Contest.
Hannah's sound is a combination of folk and pop, reminiscent of such other
singer-songwriters as Natalie Merchant and Suzanne Vega. Hannah's songs
express a range of feelings and a variety of themes, while conveying her
irrepressible energy. She is accomplished in belly dancing, the fine arts,
and the theatre - having served, for example, as an assistant belly dance
instructor and having had numerous lead roles on the stage. She has worked
for two summers as an Intern for the House Judiciary Committee, where she
has been able to further the progressive politics reflected in some of her
lyrics. Now, she is in her senior year at Rockville's Richard Montgomery
High School, where she is attending the International Baccalaureate magnet
program, one of the most academically rigorous college prep programs in the
United States.
To witness one of Hannah's live performances is to see a combination of
freshness, enthusiasm and natural gifts that is truly rare. Those who
think that Washington, D.C. never produces anything new and exciting have
obviously never heard Hannah sing.