Gregory Hand
Biography Gregory Hand
Gregory Hand
The American organist Gregory Hand is associate professor of organ at the University of Iowa. Prior to this appointment he held the position of University Chapel Organist at Northwestern University, where he also taught in the Music Theory department. He was awarded the Doctorate of Musical Arts degree from the University of Michigan, where he studied organ with James Kibbie and harpsichord with Edward Parmentier. Gregory Hand is in high demand as a performer and pedagogue. He was recently appointed to a five-year term on the jury of the Internatio nale Orgelwoche Nürnberg, and has given recitals and masterclasses in the United States, France, Spain, Germany and Brazil. He has served on juries for RYCO (USA), Mikael Tariverdiev and Nürnberg organ competitions. In 2012 he was the first organist to perform all twelve of William Bolcom’s Gospel Preludes, and later recorded these works on the Naxos label. He also has recorded a solo CD on the 2016 Klais organ in the Voxman Music Building of the University of Iowa’s School of Music on the Organ and Organum Classics label. As a harpsichordist he has appeared with Lyric Opera of Chicago, Chicago Opera Theater, and the Des Moines Symphony.
