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Elina G. Hamilton
Dr. Elina G. Hamilton was born and raised in Japan and is a native speaker of Japanese. She received her Ph.D. from Bangor University in Wales, UK, where she was awarded a Draper's Medal for Outstanding Postgraduate Study. Her research interests include the study of Western classical music in Japan, innovative forms of music notation, and medieval music theory. While in the United Kingdom, she organized several international conferences at Bangor University based on these topics, including a conference on the discussion of innovative music notation (funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council) and several workshops on the history of medieval music theory. Hamilton strongly advocates for the promotion of new music and was festival manager for the annual Bangor New Music Festival. She received her BM in piano performance from Portland State University where she studied piano with Harold Gray and Susan Chan. Dr. Hamilton is currently Assistant Professor of Musicology at the University of Hawai'i, Mānoa.
