Based in New York City, violist Celia Hatton has performed throughout the world. The Michigan Daily described her playing as “rich, robust, and personified the heightened emotional presence of a prima donna singing their heart out.”

Hatton’s solos as Principal Viola of Experiential Orchestra can be heard on GRAMMY winning album “The Prison.” She is a member of A Far Cry and Co-Principal of Chamber Orchestra of New York. She has performed with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Minnesota Orchestra, and St. Paul Chamber Orchestra; and toured with ECCO, The Knights, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, and Sphinx Virtuosi. She has given the world premiere of string quartets by Colin Matthews, Derek Bermel, and Felix Jarrar. She has appeared with the Blair String Quartet, Harlem Quartet, Manhattan Chamber Players, and North Country Chamber Players, As an Honorary Ambassador, she has performed throughout South Korea with the New York in Chuncheon Festival.

Outside of the classical vein, Hatton has performed at the Apollo Theatre, Jazz at Lincoln Center in collaboration with Paquito D’Rivera, Smalls Jazz Club, The Blue Note Jazz Club, and Birdland Jazz Club. She can be heard on Mark Gross’ jazz album “+ Strings,” BIGYUKI’s electronic album “Reaching for Chiron,” and Terry Slingbaum’s “Slingbaum One.” Collaborations with dancers have included performances at Jacob’s Pillow and Little Island’s Music and Dance Festival. Hatton can be heard on the movie scores of Joker (2019), Judas and the Black Messiah, I Tonya, The Greatest Showman, and West Side Story (2021), among others.

An Adjunct Professor at Adelphi University, she has given masterclasses at Colburn Music Academy, New York University, and Vanderbilt University.

Hatton earned her Bachelor’s Degree with Kim Kashkashian from New England Conservatory receiving a Presidential Distinction Award Scholarship. She obtained her Master’s Degree and Professional Studies Certificate from Manhattan School of Music where she studied with Karen Dreyfus as a recipient of a William Randolph Hearst Scholarship.