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Originally from Michigan, Gregory Hamilton attended Baldwin-Wallace University (B.MUS) The Royal College of Music, London, (M.Mus, A.R.C.M.) and The University of Michigan, (DMA) where he was a scholarship student of Dr. Marilyn Mason. Dr. Hamilton enjoys a wide variety of activities and interests as a composer, recitalist on the organ, piano and harpsichord, as a conductor, and continuo player on the harpsichord and theorbo. He is skilled in improvisation, and frequently includes improvisation in concerts. As a composer, over 100 of his works are in publication by Morning Star, Augsburg Fortress, Cantica Nova, WLP, Concordia, Paraclete Press, Sheet Music Plus,
and Lorenz, and are presented internationally in concert halls and churches. His Breath of the Spirit
(an evening-length work for flute and organ, with narrators, written with Poet Kenneth Gaertner) was commissioned by Marilyn Mason and premiered by her with the flutist Donald Fishel in the Paris Festival Toussant
at the Cathedral of Notre Dame de Paris, and has been performed over twenty times in the U.S and Europe. Gregory was commissioned to compose The Churches' One Foundation
for the Archdiocesan choir and orchestra for the dedication of the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart
in Houston. Other recent works premiered include Concerto for Cello and Orchestra (Diane Winder and the Ypsilanti Symphony), Five Psalm Pictures, Rosary
(St. Johannes church, Amsterdam) and Fantasy Variations on a Theme of Schubert
for string trio and flute Hymn of Peace
for Cello and Piano (cellist Cellist Mirel Iancvici professor of cello at the Conseratoriaum, Utrecht) and several works for Houston virtuoso Organist Jackson Osborn. Gregory has researched the works of Dom Paul Benoit, (1895-1976) the French composer-organist and has performed many of his works in the U.S. and abroad, including research at Benoit’s monastery, St. Mark and St. Maur
in Clervaulx, Luxembourg. With Dr. Hamilton’s recent CD releases of Benoit’s music on RosaMystica
recordings, he is enjoying the welcome upsurge in interest in the works of Benoit. More
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