Stella Hannock is currently in her third year at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music studying a Bachelor of Music Performance in Classical Voice under the tutelage of Dr Rowena Cowley. She was recently chosen for the 2018 Pacific Opera Adjunct Young Artist Program, involving participation in masterclasses and coaching by highly renowned voice, language and acting coaches, as well as taking advantage of performance opportunities within the program.

Stella recently performed the role of Ma Moss in an excerpt of Copland’s opera The Tender Land with the Sydney Conservatorium Wind Symphony. During 2017 she sang in the mezzo-soprano chorus for the Sydney Conservatorium’s performance of Die Zauberflöter and also in the Spiegeltent production of Pagliacci.

During July of last year Stella travelled to Europe and spent a month in Berlin studying the German language at the Goethe Institut. While in Berlin she received voice coaching from Antony Shelley who is an accompanist/prompt at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden Berlin.

Stella graduated from St Columba Anglican School in 2015, receiving an Encore nomination for her performances in Music 2 and Music Extension. Having been heavily involved in the arts in Port Macquarie for some years, Stella has participated in many performances with the Hastings Choristers and is delighted to be performing with them again.