Topeka Symphony Soloist Hannah Occena plays the flute for Cordelia Brown and conductor Kyle Wiley Pickett in the Kansas Public Radio Live Performance Studio November 21, 2025

Published November 26, 2025 at 9:08 AM CST

Pianist and flutist — Regina Tanujaya, pianist. With flutist Hannah Occena.

Topeka Symphony Soloist Hannah Occena live at Kansas Public Radio November 21, 2025. Hannah plays music from Bach, Toru Takemitsu, Gertrude Rivers Robison and Philippe Gaubert. Cordelia brown visits with Topeka Symphony conductor Kyle Willey Pickett and Hannah Occena.

Hailed by the New York Times as possessing “rich tone and deft technique," Hannah Porter Occeña is Assistant Professor of Flute at the University of Northern Iowa and Principal Flutist of the Topeka Symphony Orchestra (Topeka, KS) and Colorado MahlerFest Orchestra (Boulder, CO). Committed to the rich heritage and new horizons of the repertoire, Hannah is active as a performer of brand new works, forgotten gems, and standards of the repertoire, and she strives to serve the widest possible audience in her performance. When not performing or teaching, Hannah enjoys distance running and spending time with her husband and their four children. - The Flute View
See Hannah's performance video on KPR's YouTube channel at the link below.

https://youtu.be/5xzUmCZK0Bk

https://www.hannahoccena.com/