Aaron Hill

Aaron Hill teaches oboe at the University of Virginia, plays principal oboe in the Charlottesville and University Symphony Orchestra, and performs chamber music with the Albermarle Ensemble and Washington, D.C.'s Sage Chamber Players.  Mr. Hill holds the Master of Music and Artist Diploma degrees from Yale University's School of Music, where he was honored as the recipient of the Thomas Nyfenger Memorial Prize for outstanding woodwind performance. At the University of Michigan, Mr. Hill received a Bachelor of Music degree with Highest Honors, achieved the school's prestigious rank of Angell Scholar, and played principal oboe on William Bolcom's "Songs of Innocence and Experience" under Leonard Slatkin, a Naxos release which received four Grammy awards including Best Classical Album. He has given master classes at the University of Texas, the University of North Texas, and Oklahoma State University.

From 2002-2008, Mr. Hill played principal oboe in the Flint Symphony Orchestra under Enrique Diemecke, including an appearance as a soloist performing Mozart's Oboe Concerto in 2007.  He has also performed as a guest with other orchestras such as the Rochester Philharmonic, San Diego Symphony, Orchestra of St. Luke's, Hartford Symphony, Roanoke Symphony, Windsor Symphony, and Ensemble ACJW.  In 2003, he appeared as principal oboe with the New York String Orchestra in Carnegie Hall.  Mr. Hill has played orchestral music across the United States, Europe, and Asia under the batons of such notable conductors as Kurt Masur, Christoph Eschenbach, Neville Marriner, Peter Oundjian, Neeme Järvi, and Jukka-Pekka Saraste.  As a strong supporter of music by living composers, Mr. Hill has premiered several works and has appeared frequently with the International Contemporary Ensemble.

During the summer, Mr. Hill is a member of the Wintergreen Festival Orchestra and has participated in numerous music festivals including Music Academy of the West, Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival Orchesterakademie, Sarasota Music Festival, Banff Centre for the Arts, and the Henry Mancini Institute. He has been honored as a Yamaha Young Performing Artist competition winner and was bestowed the Grand Prize in the Mu Phi Epsilon Society for Musical Competition and the Leche Trust Prize at the Barbirolli International Oboe Competition.  Mr. Hill's primary oboe teachers are Richard Killmer, Stephen Taylor, Nancy Ambrose King, David Weiss, and Klaus Becker.