Stuart Chapman Hill, Ph.D., is a conductor, composer, teacher, and scholar who serves as Assistant Professor of Choral Music Education at Michigan State University, where he teaches courses in music education and conducts the Campus Choir.
Previously, he served for eight years as Director of Music Education and Associate Professor of Music at Webster University in St. Louis, MO, where he taught courses in music education and songwriting and conducted the treble-voice choir Aurelia. In 2022, he won Webster’s William T. Kemper Award for Excellence in Teaching. He also served for seven years as Artistic Director of CHARIS, the St. Louis Women’s Chorus, an ensemble devoted to celebrating and encouraging women and the LGBTQIA+ community. His previous teaching experience includes working with high school singers at the prestigious Governor’s School of North Carolina and teaching middle school chorus in Greensboro, NC.
Dr. Hill is a choral composer and arranger whose works are published with Hinshaw, G. Schirmer, and Galaxy Music. His scholarship in the field of music education appears in the Journal of Research in Music Education, Research Studies in Music Education, and the Philosophy of Music Education Review. He is a co-author, along with Dr. Jill Reese and Dr. Krystal McCoy of Q&A for MLT: Choral Music Perspectives on Music Learning Theory, which was released in 2023 by GIA. Dr. Hill earned his Ph.D. at Michigan State University, where he studied music education and choral conducting. His undergraduate and master’s degrees are from Vanderbilt University.
Previously, he served for eight years as Director of Music Education and Associate Professor of Music at Webster University in St. Louis, MO, where he taught courses in music education and songwriting and conducted the treble-voice choir Aurelia. In 2022, he won Webster’s William T. Kemper Award for Excellence in Teaching. He also served for seven years as Artistic Director of CHARIS, the St. Louis Women’s Chorus, an ensemble devoted to celebrating and encouraging women and the LGBTQIA+ community. His previous teaching experience includes working with high school singers at the prestigious Governor’s School of North Carolina and teaching middle school chorus in Greensboro, NC.
Dr. Hill is a choral composer and arranger whose works are published with Hinshaw, G. Schirmer, and Galaxy Music. His scholarship in the field of music education appears in the Journal of Research in Music Education, Research Studies in Music Education, and the Philosophy of Music Education Review. He is a co-author, along with Dr. Jill Reese and Dr. Krystal McCoy of Q&A for MLT: Choral Music Perspectives on Music Learning Theory, which was released in 2023 by GIA. Dr. Hill earned his Ph.D. at Michigan State University, where he studied music education and choral conducting. His undergraduate and master’s degrees are from Vanderbilt University.
