Laura Hamilton was Principal Associate Concertmaster for the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, where she led hundreds of performances over 33 years. She was concertmaster for many of the MET's popular “Live in HD” videocasts, including Carmen, Parsifal, Turandot, Faust, Salome, and Madama Butterfly.

Previously a member of the Chicago Symphony, she appeared there as concerto soloist with Maestro Georg Solti. Since 2020 Laura has been the Interim Artistic Director for the summer festival Classical Tahoe in Nevada, where she is also Concertmaster. She also teaches and performs at Festival Napa Valley, and previously played in the Marlboro, Manchester, and Bard Music Festivals, in summer festivals in Norway and Greece, and on the Met Chamber Ensemble series at Carnegie Hall. She appeared as guest concertmaster with the Seattle Symphony, the American Symphony Orchestra, the Welsh National Opera, and the Adelaide Symphony in Australia. In 2014, while on leave from the MET, Laura served for one season as concertmaster at the Sydney Opera House. Born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area, Laura is a graduate of Manhattan School of Music, where she held the Nathan Milstein Scholarship. She teaches violin and chamber music at New York University.

Laura first performed with CityMusic in May 2019 as guest concertmaster for Verdi's Requiem to commemorate Yom ha-Sho’ah.