Greg Hammontree

Greg Hammontree is a dynamic NYC multi-instrumentalist and composer, whose extensive credits range from The Blue Note NYC, Radio City Music Hall, Symphony Space, and The Jazz Standard to Bing Concert Hall (Stanford), The Kaufman Center (Kansas City), and Concert House Berlin (Germany). His appearances include Netflix, CBS, HBO, RAI, PBS, and ABC, and he's enjoyed opening for such popular names as Josh Groban, Ginuwine, and Christian McBride.

Hammontree currently tours internationally with The Queen’s Cartoonists. They regularly headline at performing arts centers and jazz festivals, and have opened for the New York Philharmonic. As an arranger and composer, Hammontree has worked for various artists such as Jason Trachtenburg (Late Night with Conan O'Brien & MTV) in addition to his own new music.

Hammontree completed his M.A. in Jazz Performance with the Music Scholarship from CUNY, Queens College studying with Prof. Michael P. Mossman, and his B.M. in Jazz Performance with full scholarship and the Johnny Mercer Award from Georgia State University.

Hammontree has been awarded grants from Queens Council on the Arts; New Work Grant in 2020 and 2022, an NYC; City Artist Corp Grant in 2021 and is inspired to create more projects to have a positive impact on his community.

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