Belle

Born and raised in Colorado, Hannah Terrell ( also known as Belle ~ b. 1997 ) spent much of her time exploring in Nature. Always feeling a bit out of place in current day American society, Belle has always found peace in creating visual or auditory art and in spending time in forests. She has a bit of an idealistic & optimistic dream of the future, despite the seemingly turbulent state of our present world. With her music and art, she seeks to find and help to bring others healing, love and hope, as well as to bring attention to the problems that our world is facing such as hunger & poverty, climate change, injustice and the misuse/ corruption of power. Singing before she could speak, Belle has always found power and comfort in using her voice. Throughout her Linfield career, she has studied cello with Diane Chaplin, vocals with Hannah Penn and Anton Belov, and composition with Andrea Reinkemeyer, as well as worked with Anna Song on various choral and music education studies. Hannah spent her third year studying at a fine arts school, The Marchutz School of Vision, abroad in Aix-en-Provence, France. Studying under John Gasparach, Alan Roberts, Laurence Breden, Muriel Cros and other incredible professors, she gained an entirely new perspective and vision of the world. Through the exploration of several new modes of communication (French, painting, literature...), Belle connected with internal & external spaces and explored the past & present artists in ways previously unimaginable to her. In all of her artwork, Belle draws from the lessons she has learned from Nature, cultural studies & mindfulness meditation, as well as sought to follow & discover her true voice.