Greg Hillis is active in Northeast Ohio as a music educator, composer and French hornist. He has earned a Bachelor of Music degree in Music Education from Mansfield University in Mansfield, Pennsylvania and Masters degrees in Music Education and Horn Performance from Kent State University in Kent, Ohio. Mr. Hillis' first composition for band, "The Crusaders", was performed while he was still a student at Chardon High School by the Chardon High School Band.