Passionate Musicianship
Artistic Excellence
People First
Choral music is my calling. I am incredibly active in the profession: teaching collegiately, conducting choirs and teaching applied voice in the community, and traveling for honor choirs, festivals, and clinics. Let me know how I can be of service to you and your choir.
Publications & Media
Included here are live recordings of ensembles under my direction, as well as articles and octavos I have written/arranged and published over the years. Check back often for updated resources, and please contact me if you have ideas about materials that might be useful to you.
Dr. Hill conducts the 2019 Nebraska Choral Directors Association All-State Concert Choir.
Professional Activity
Sing Omaha is one of the nation’s largest and most successful music education and performance nonprofits. I founded this organization in 2007, and continue to serve as the Executive and Artistic Director, overseeing 10 choirs, two studio locations, and more than 30 faculty and staff while maintaining a full voice studio and conducting two of Sing Omaha’s ten choirs.
I have served as the Director of Choral Activities at Peru State College since the Fall of 2014 where I conduct the institution’s two concert ensembles: Concert Chorale and Women’s Choir. I also maintain a full classroom load, with advanced Music Theory and Music History courses. I am active on committees as well, and currently serving on the Rank Promotion and Tenure Committee, chairing the Assessment Committee, and serving on the Faculty Senate.
I have served on the Nebraska Choral Directors Association board since 2009 and was elected to a three-year term as Treasurer in 2018, but resigned to become NCDA’s Operations Manager. I’ve conducted ensembles on state conferences three times since 2012, and was selected to conduct the organization’s first All-State Concert Choir in 2019.
My Mentors
I am grateful to serve among passionate, expert choral music educators, and to have studied with some of the finest pedagogues in the profession.
Dr. Z. Randall Stroope
Professor of Music
Composer & Conductor
Retired Director of Choral and Vocal Studies at Oklahoma State University
Dr. Stroope is an American composer and conductor. He has had recent conducting engagements in Hong Kong, Rome, Barcelona, Singapore, Canterbury Cathedral (England), Berliner Dom (Germany), Salzburger Dom (Austria), St. John (Canada), Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (Washington, D.C.), Carnegie Hall (New York), and performed music for mass at the Vatican on 11 different occasions. He is also the Artistic Director for two summer music festivals in Europe and taught composition for FENIARCO (Italy choral conductors) in 2017 and 2018. www.ZRStroope.com
- Matt Hill studied applied voice, choral conducting, and choral composition with Dr. Z. Randall Stroope as an undergraduate from 2000-2005, and as a graduate teaching assistant in the Oklahoma State University Master’s program from 2010-2012.
Dr. Peter A. Eklund
Professor of Music
Co-Chair of the Voice/Choral Area and Director of Choral Activities | Choir | Nebraska
Dr. Eklund divides his time among four important roles: conductor, guest lecturer, editor/arranger (his own choral series with Santa Barbara Music Publications and Colla Voce—and his set of Moses Hogan arrangements is published by Hal Leonard), and teacher/mentor (with numerous former students performing professionally on both US coasts: Broadway, Lincoln Center, TV, and Oscar winning movies—and everywhere in between).
- Dr. Peter Eklund served as Dr. Hill’s primary professor and academic advisor in the Doctoral program at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln, where Dr. Hill earned his DMA in choral conducting.
Events
March 2022
ACDA Western Regional Conference – Presenter
“EXTRA! EXTRA! – A session on internal and external social media promotion
of the scholastic music program”
ACDA Northwestern Regional Conference – Presenter
“Community Choirs Best Practices”
February 2022
South Dakota ACDA Conference – HEADLINER
August 2021
Pennsylvation ACDA Conference – Presenter
“EXTRA! EXTRA! – A session on internal and external social media promotion
of the scholastic music program”
July 2021
Missouri ACDA Conference – Presenter
“Know the Score”
“The Three E’s of Rehearsal Technique”
“The Music Makes the Choir”
“I learned so much from all three of your sessions! Thank you!” – Jennifer S.
“Your sessions reignited my passion for teaching choir.” – Kathy B.
ACDA “Voices United” Conference – Presenter
“Community Choirs Best Practices”
(in two parts: Artistic Considerations and Healthy Operational Policies)
“Thanks for these awesome presentations.” – Max N.
March 2020
Sing Omaha – “One Hit Wonders” concert
February 2020
Sing Omaha – Master Chorale and Women’s Choir performance at St. Cecilia’s Cathedral for their Cathedral Arts Series
December 2019
Sing Omaha – 11th Annual “Christmas Fanfare”
Peru State – “The Magic of Christmas” Annual Concert
October 2019
Peru State College – “We Rise Again” – Fall Concert
Sing Omaha – “When Music Sounds” – Fall Concert
July 2019
Nebraska All-State Concert Choir – Conductor
May 2019
Doctoral Graduation University of Nebraska Lincoln – Graduate
Peru State Commencement – Choral performances, and Teaching Excellence Award speech (Faculty Member of the Year).
April 2019
Burke High School – District Music Contest Adjudicator
Peru State – Performing Arts Center Ribbon Cutting concert with area high school choirs as guest performers
Sing Omaha – “Romanse” concerts
March 2019
Sing Omaha – ICONS concerts
Peru State – Mid-winter concert
Platteview High School Vocal Festival – Adjudicator
February 2019
Millard South High School “Stars on Stage” Competition – Adjudicator
North Polk High School “Comet Sensations” Competition – Adjudicator
January 2019
Papillion-LaVista High School – Classroom Clinic
December 2018
Sing Omaha – “Gloria” world premier (Michael Trotta, composer) at Sing Omaha’s 10th Annual “Christmas Fanfare”
Peru State – “The Magic of Christmas” Annual Concert
November 2018
Nebraska Choral Directors Association – Named Choral Director of the Year (2018-19)
October 2018
Peru State College – Fall Concert
Sing Omaha – “Joy Arising” Fall Concert
June 2018
Omaha Symphony – Beethoven 9th Symphony and Bernstein “Chichester Psalms” (co-chorus master)