HANNAH BRADFORD RECEIVED HER BACHELORS DEGREE IN MUSIC EDUCATION (CHORAL) AND HER MASTERS DEGREE IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS (THEATER) FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH ALABAMA. HANNAH HAS BEEN CONDUCTING CHOIRS, MUSICALS, AND CHILDREN’S THEATER GROUPS SINCE SHE WAS FIFTEEN YEARS OLD. SHE GREW UP IN HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA WHERE SHE ENJOYED PERFORMING MUSICAL THEATER WITH MANY HUNTSVILLE AND MADISON COMMUNITY CHORUS GROUPS. SHE PARTICIPATED IN HER HIGH SCHOOL CHOIR FOR FOUR YEARS ALONG WITH COMMUNITY, STATE, AND NATIONAL CHORUS GROUPS. SHE RECEIVED THE DISTRICT AWARD AS THE OUTSTANDING CHORAL STUDENT FOR MADISON COUNTY FOR THE 2006-2007 YEAR. DURING HER TIME AT UNA, SHE PERFORMED WITH ALL OF THE OFFERED PERFORMANCE GROUPS. UNA ALSO GAVE HANNAH THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN LEADING ROLES FOR MANY OF THEIR OPERA/MUSICAL THEATER PRODUCTIONS. IN 2010, SHE FOUNDED AND DIRECTED THE SHOALS KIDS CHOIR. SHE OWNED AND OPERATED RENANA STUDIOS, L.L.C. IN DOWNTOWN FLORENCE TO TEACH AND HOST PRIVATE MUSIC LESSONS. SHE HAS TAUGHT MUSIC AND THEATER IN MANY LOCAL SCHOOLS SUCH AS RIVERHILL ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL IN ST. FLORIAN AND HARLAN ELEMENTARY IN FLORENCE. WHILE AT MUSCLE SHOALS, HANNAH HAS TAUGHT CHORUS TO 8TH-12TH GRADE, MUSIC APPRECIATION, CLASS GUITAR, THEATER, AND ELEMENTARY GENERAL MUSIC AND SHOW CHOIR. SHE CURRENTLY TEACHES 9TH-12 GRADE MUSIC APPRECIATION, CLASS GUITAR, DRAMA, AND CHORUS. SHE ALSO CONDUCTS TWO COMPETITIVE ENSEMBLES OUTSIDE OF THE REGULAR SCHEDULE: THE MUSCLE SHOALS HIGH SCHOOL IMPULSE (SHOW CHOIR) AND THE TROJAN SINGERS (VOCAL JAZZ ENSEMBLE). SHE ALSO DIRECTS THE ANNUAL MUSICALS FOR THE MUSCLE SHOALS SCHOOL SYSTEM. PRODUCTIONS INCLUDE HAIRSPRAY JR., ANNIE JR., LES MISERABLES SCHOOL EDITION, GREASE: SCHOOL EDITION, THE SOUND OF MUSIC, FREAKY FRIDAY, MARY POPPINS, WHITE CHRISTMAS, HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME, AND HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL. THIS YEAR, SHE WILL BE DIRECTING IN THE HEIGHTS. SHE CURRENTLY LIVES IN MUSCLE SHOALS WITH HER HUSBAND, BEN BRADFORD, AND HER CHILDREN ELLIANNA AND PEYTON.