A Master of Music graduate of The New England Conservatory of Music, Mr. Hammond possesses a rich, deep bass voice that is in demand on the regional opera and concert scene. Among the roles he has performed are Baron Ochs von Lerchenau in Der Rosenkavalier, the title role in The Marriage of Figaro, Balthazar in Amahl and the Night Visitors, Sarastro and the 2nd Armored Man in The Magic Flute, the Old Man in Tippett's King Priam, Grandpa Moss in The Tender Land, Uncle Yakusidè in Madama Butterfly, Alcindoro in La Bohème, Horace in Regina, Old Adam Goodheart in Ruddigore, and Il Commendatore in Don Giovanni, Pooh-Bah in The Mikado, and Death in The Emperor from Atlantis.
He has appeared with Opera Boston, Boston Lyric Opera, Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Arlington Philharmonic Society, Newton Symphony, Raylynmor Opera, Longwood Opera, Lowell House Opera, Mass Theatrica, OperaHub, and Indian Hill Music.
As a concert soloist, he has performed many works, including Beethoven's Mass in C and Chorale Fantasy, Mozart's Requiem, Haydn's Lord Nelson Mass, Handel's Messiah, Faurè's Requiem, Schubert's Mass in G, Stravinsky's Renard the Fox, and Bach's Magnificat. He has appeared as soloist with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Tanglewood Festival Chorus, Paul Madore Chorale, the Masterworks Chorale, the John Oliver Chorale, Boston Secession, Tufts University, Trinity Church Boston, King's Chapel, and the Newton Community Chorus.
Mr. Hammond has appears on recordings made by the Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Boston Symphony Orchestra, John Oliver Chorale, and Celtic singer Aine Minogue.