Ohio State welcomes alumnus Hamilton Hardin (BM, jazz studies, 2004) as headliner artist for the 45th Annual Ohio State Jazz Festival.
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.
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