Barbara Hamilton

	Barbara Hamilton Primus, Artistic Director and Viola
Barbara iBarbara is currently Artistic Director and Violist with the Colorado Chamber Players, a position she has held for 15 years. She served as principal violist with the Eastern Music Festival from 1990-2005. Barbara has played as principal violist and soloist with the Colorado Symphony, the Orquesta Ciudad de Barcelona, and the Orquesta de Valencia (Spain). She was a member of the New York Philharmonic for one season. Dr. Hamilton received the DMA from Yale School of Music in 1992, where she completed a dissertation on the Alexander Technique and Musicians. While living in Spain, she played with the acclaimed "Cuarteto Martin y Soler", including tours of Mexico, Scandinavia, and Europe. The quartet played on numerous occasions for the Royal Family of Spain. Dr. Hamilton has performed frequently as a soloist, the Valencia premiere of Penderecki's Viola Concerto, with Maestro Penderecki conducting. She taught viola, chamber music and Alexander Technique for 7 years with the National You the Orchestra of Catalunya, Spain (JONDE). Barbara studied with Jesse Levine and Karen Tuttle. She gives master classes and seminars throughout the USA, Asia and Europe. In the 1990’s, she toured Europe with the Orquesta Ciudad de Barcelona, the NY Virtuosi and the American Sinfonietta, including concerts in the Grosse Saal/Vienna, Leipzig Gewandhaus, and the Tonhalle. Dr. Hamilton returned to teach at the Yale School of Music in 1998, and taught on the faculty of University of Colorado/Boulder in 2003. She is president-elect and founding member of the Rocky Mountain Viola Society, and served 2 terms on the board of the American Viola Society. Some of Barbara’s esteemed chamber music partners have been Franco Gulli, Julia Fischer, Dmitri Sitkovetsky, David Krakauer, Sharon Isbin, Larry Combs, Patricia McCarty, Charles Castleman, and Daniel Damiano (Berlin Philharmonic). In August 2004, Barbara traveled to Beijing, China, where she participated in the 1st International Summer Music Academy, under the auspices of the Central Conservatory. While in Beijing, she performed chamber music with Daniel Gaede (former concertmaster, Vienna Philharmonic) and prominent Chinese musicians Wing Ho, Yibing Chu and Linan Diang from the Central Conservatory, as well as working with student violists from 5 Chinese cities. She has recorded for the Centaur, Bluebird, CBS Masterworks, PollyRhythm and Harmonia Mundi labels. Return to artists page

Barbara Hamilton Primus, Artistic Director and Viola

Barbara iBarbara is currently Artistic Director and Violist with the Colorado Chamber Players, a position she has held for 15 years. She served as principal violist with the Eastern Music Festival from 1990-2005. Barbara has played as principal violist and soloist with the Colorado Symphony, the Orquesta Ciudad de Barcelona, and the Orquesta de Valencia (Spain). She was a member of the New York Philharmonic for one season. Dr. Hamilton received the DMA from Yale School of Music in 1992, where she completed a dissertation on the Alexander Technique and Musicians. While living in Spain, she played with the acclaimed "Cuarteto Martin y Soler", including tours of Mexico, Scandinavia, and Europe. The quartet played on numerous occasions for the Royal Family of Spain. Dr. Hamilton has performed frequently as a soloist, the Valencia premiere of Penderecki's Viola Concerto, with Maestro Penderecki conducting. She taught viola, chamber music and Alexander Technique for 7 years with the National You the Orchestra of Catalunya, Spain (JONDE). Barbara studied with Jesse Levine and Karen Tuttle. She gives master classes and seminars throughout the USA, Asia and Europe. In the 1990’s, she toured Europe with the Orquesta Ciudad de Barcelona, the NY Virtuosi and the American Sinfonietta, including concerts in the Grosse
Saal/Vienna, Leipzig Gewandhaus, and the Tonhalle. Dr. Hamilton returned to teach at the Yale School of Music in 1998, and taught on the faculty of University of Colorado/Boulder in 2003. She is president-elect and founding
member of the Rocky Mountain Viola Society, and served 2 terms on the board of the American Viola Society.

Some of Barbara’s esteemed chamber music partners have been Franco Gulli, Julia Fischer, Dmitri Sitkovetsky, David Krakauer, Sharon Isbin, Larry Combs, Patricia McCarty, Charles Castleman, and Daniel Damiano (Berlin Philharmonic).

In August 2004, Barbara traveled to Beijing, China, where she participated in the 1st International Summer Music Academy, under the auspices of the Central Conservatory. While in Beijing, she performed chamber music with Daniel Gaede (former concertmaster, Vienna Philharmonic) and prominent Chinese musicians Wing Ho, Yibing Chu and Linan Diang from the Central Conservatory, as well as working with student violists from 5 Chinese cities.

She has recorded for the Centaur, Bluebird, CBS Masterworks, PollyRhythm and Harmonia Mundi labels.

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