Biography
Hazalen is currently a Junior Fellow at Guildhall School of Music and Drama, after graduating there with a master’s in Orchestral Artistry. With the support of the Margaret B Adams Award, she studied bassoon and contrabassoon under the tutelage of Daniel Jemison, Helen Simons, Richard Ion and Dominic Morgan. Apart from playing principal bassoon in the Young Musician Symphony Orchestra, Hazalen has worked with Amadeus Orchestra, Guildhall Symphony Orchestra, Guildhall Symphonic Wind Orchestra, Ubu Ensemble and YASP orchestra by Curtis Institute of Music, Philadelphia. She has also participated in Voksenåsen Academy Winds, Oslo (2022), and won a position in the Guildhall Wind Soloists (2021-2022).