Michael Hill
Musician and Educator
- Role
- Violist at Chattanooga Symphony & Opera
- Location
- Louisville, KY, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Michael Hill
Violist Michael Hill is a native of Cleveland, Ohio. He began his viola studies at the age of seventeen and continued his education with Masao Kawasaki and Dr. Catharine Lees earning a Bachelor of Music at the University of Cincinnati’s College-Conservatory of Music. Moving to Louisville, Michael completed a Master of Music at the University of Louisville’s School of Music with Dr. Chien-Ju Liao and Dr. Yen-Ting Wu. Michael completed a Master of Music in string pedagogy in 2016, and works frequently with viola students and chamber music ensembles from elementary, middle, high school, and advanced students.Michael has performed as an orchestral and chamber musician at the Aspen Musical Festival and School and as principal violist with the Opera Theatre and Music Festival of Lucca, Italy. He collaborates on chamber music performances, Broadway musicals, recordings, and new works by local composers. He performs regularly with orchestras in Indiana, West Virginia, and Kentucky Tennessee and especially enjoys collaborating for traveling shows with Broadway Across America.He has continued training in historical performance with Tafelmusik’s winter institute in Toronto, and the Oregon Bach Festival’s Berwick Academy. Historical performance projects have included work with North Carolina Baroque Orchestra, Bourbon Baroque, The Bloomington Bach Cantata Project, and the Indianapolis Baroque Orchestra. He has recently joined the musician-led board of Seven Hills Baroque in Cincinnati, Ohio.Continuing Suzuki teacher training, Michael has completed Violin Books 1-10 through the University of Louisville through long-term form teacher training under Dr. Timothy Durbin and is continuing the viola courses each summer under William Preucil, Sr.He teaches a studio of nearly 30 talented violinists and violists and is often a guest for college and pre-college masterclasses and competitions in Louisville and surrounding areas.
Experience
Violist
Sep 2023 — Present · Chattanooga, TN, US
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Education
University of Louisville
MM, Viola Performance
2009 — 2010
University of Cincinnati
BM, Viola Performance
2003 — 2008
University of Louisville
MM String Pedagogy, Viola
2015 — 2016
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