David Hill appointed to Yale Institute of Sacred Music

David Hill has been appointed Professor (Adj.) of Choral Conducting at the Yale Institute of Sacred Music. The three-year term begins July 1, 2013. Hill will serve as principal conductor of Yale Schola Cantorum, as well as participate in the training of choral conducting majors with Professors Marguerite L. Brooks and Jeffrey Douma, and with Masaaki Suzuki, who will remain affiliated with Schola Cantorum as Principal Guest Conductor.

David Hill has served as chief conductor of the BBC Singers, musical director of the Bach Choir, chief conductor of the Southern Sinfonia, music director of Leeds Philharmonic Society, and associate guest conductor of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Previously, Hill was Master of the Music at Winchester and Westminster cathedrals, music director of the Waynflete Singers, artistic director of the Philharmonia Chorus, and director of music at St. John’s College, Cambridge. He also maintains an active career as organist and pianist in recitals worldwide.

With over seventy recordings to his credit, Hill has performed virtually every style and period in the choral repertoire, from Gregorian chant to modern works for chorus and orchestra. He has commissioned dozens of works from such composers as Judith Bingham, Francis Pott, Patrick Gowers, Sir John Tavener, and Philip Wilby.