Biography

Jackson Hill, born in Birmingham, Alabama in 1941, was a Morehead Scholar at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (Ph.D. in musicology in 1970). A composer from the age of 14, he studied composition with lain Hamilton at Duke University (1964-66) and Roger Hannay (1967-68). He has served as a choral assistant at Exeter College, Oxford, and as a Visiting Fellow at Clare Hall, Cambridge University. He studied Buddhist chant as a Fulbright Fellow in Japan in the 1970s and Japanese traditional music has been a strong influence in his work. He has received numerous awards and prizes for his music, which includes choral, solo, and chamber music, and as well as a chamber opera and three symphonies. Hill's music has been widely performed in Europe, Asia and the Americas, including performances at Tanglewood, Ravinia, Chautauqua, and Edinburgh festivals. Recent commissions have come from Lichfield Cathedral, Chanticleer, and The King's Singers. His composition Voices of Autumn was part of Chanticleer's Grammy nomination in 2003. He has taught at Duke University (1966-1968) and since 1968 at Bucknell University, where he has served as Associate Dean, Presidential Professor, and Chair of the Department of Music.

Further Information

For further information about Jackson Hill, please visit his website at www.facstaff.bucknell.edu/jhill/

• Pan Pipes 2004-2005 Annual American Composer Update
• Pan Pipes 2003-2004 Annual American Composer Update
• Pan Pipes 2002-2003 Annual American Composer Update
• Pan Pipes 2000-2001 Annual American Composer Update
• Pan Pipes 1999-2000 Annual American Composer Update
• Pan Pipes 1998-1999 Annual American Composer Update
• Pan Pipes 1997-1998 Annual American Composer Update
• Pan Pipes 1996-1997 Annual American Composer Update

Contact Information

Department of Music
Bucknell University
Lewisburg, PA 17837
E-mail: jhill@bucknell.edu