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Ohio State welcomes alumnus Hamilton Hardin (2004) as headliner artist for the 43rd Annual Ohio State Jazz Festival. Featured in this concert are Hardin's new six-movement piece entitled “The Heaven Suite” as well as selections from his most recent recording. Hamilton Hardin, piano, vocals, bass; Columbus native Cedric Easton, drums, percussion; alumnus and Columbus native Christian Howes, violin and guitar; Dean Hulett, bass and percussion; Danielle McMillan, vocals.
A Columbus native, Hamilton Hardin has become an emerging force in today’s music. As a multi-instrumentalist/producer/composer, Hamilton combines vast musical influences in efforts to produce a fresh and relevant sound. Starting with drums and piano at age four, his love for music led him to fluently play 15 instruments. By high school, Hamilton was traveling professionally and gigging with local and national jazz and gospel artists, as well as composing works for big band and orchestra. While continuing to travel all over the United States, England, Germany, Austria, Switzerland and France, he completed a degree in Jazz Studies and saxophone performance. Since then, he has continued to tour all over the world with artists such as Kirk Whalum, Christian Howes, Dave Koz, Norman Brown, Lalah Hathaway, Kenny Latimore, Rick Braun, Ruben Studdard and many others.
All Ohio State events scheduled through the end of Spring semester have been canceled, rescheduled or reformatted. The safety of our community is our top priority. We will continue to provide updates as more information becomes available.
A new home for the School of Music
The transformative Ohio State Arts District project includes a renovated and expanded School of Music. This new facility is an investment in our future performers, music educators, conductors and scholars. To learn more, visit go.osu.edu/artsdistrict.
