Gregory Hamilton

For the past 15 years, Gregory Hamilton was Associate Professor of Cello and Bass at Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota. Before this, he was the Executant Senior Lecturer of Cello at the University of Otago in New Zealand.

Called “a master of the instrument” by the Otago Daily Times, Gregory’s playing was heard throughout New Zealand on Concert-FM Radio broadcasts. Hamilton also taught at Illinois State University for 10 years where he was a founding member of the Ricard Piano Trio and has played in the Houston and Columbus (OH) symphonies. 

Gregory has performed internationally at the conservatories of Milan, Seville, and Malakoff (France) and has taught and performed with the Lugano String Orchestra, a program serving poor and disadvantaged children in Buenos Aires.

In 2005, Gregory received the Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Kansas. A solo CD, “The Hollywood Cello,” featuring works by film composers of the Golden Era, was released by Soundset Recordings in 2011.

Presently, Greg is a full-time orchestra teacher at the Heritage Academy in Mesa and Maricopa and maintains a studio here at the Desert Hills Community School of Music.