BIOGRAPHY
Matthew Hill, tenor, from Laurel, Maryland recently finished his Master of Music degree in Opera Performance at the University of Maryland. He enjoys a varied career as a soloist and ensemble singer, based in Washington D.C. Recent opera credits include his debut with Washington National Opera as Older brother in Dead Man Walking, Patre in Gounod's Sapho with Washington Concert Opera, Parpignol in La Bohème with Wolf Trap Opera, Tamino in Die Zauberflöte with the Maryland Opera Studio and Music Academy International, Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni with the Maryland Opera Studio, and Damon in Acis and Galatea with New Dominion Chorale.
Past solo concert work includes Handel’s Messiah and Israel in Egypt, Mozart’s Requiem, Rachmaninoff’s All-Night Vigil, and The Evangelist in Bach's St. Matthew and St. John Passion. He was a frequent soloist with the University of Maryland Bach Cantata series. He also performs regularly as a soloist and chorister with the American Bach Soloists, Washington Bach Consort, and Washington National Cathedral Choirs. As a choral musician, Matthew sings weekly at Christ Church Georgetown and is a member of the United States Air Force Band Singing Sergeants.
Matthew recently won first place at both the local and regional rounds of the NATS competitions, 2nd place in the National Society of Arts and Letters Dorothy Lincoln-Smith Voice Competition, won the Choralis Young Artist Competition, 4th place at the Oratorio Society of New York Competition, 2nd place in the Vocal Arts DC Art Song Competition, won the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions at the Washington DC District Level, and 3rd place at the Metropolitan Opera National Council Middle Atlantic Regional Competition. Matthew received his bachelor of music in vocal performance from the University of Maryland on a Creative and Performing Arts full scholarship.
Past solo concert work includes Handel’s Messiah and Israel in Egypt, Mozart’s Requiem, Rachmaninoff’s All-Night Vigil, and The Evangelist in Bach's St. Matthew and St. John Passion. He was a frequent soloist with the University of Maryland Bach Cantata series. He also performs regularly as a soloist and chorister with the American Bach Soloists, Washington Bach Consort, and Washington National Cathedral Choirs. As a choral musician, Matthew sings weekly at Christ Church Georgetown and is a member of the United States Air Force Band Singing Sergeants.
Matthew recently won first place at both the local and regional rounds of the NATS competitions, 2nd place in the National Society of Arts and Letters Dorothy Lincoln-Smith Voice Competition, won the Choralis Young Artist Competition, 4th place at the Oratorio Society of New York Competition, 2nd place in the Vocal Arts DC Art Song Competition, won the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions at the Washington DC District Level, and 3rd place at the Metropolitan Opera National Council Middle Atlantic Regional Competition. Matthew received his bachelor of music in vocal performance from the University of Maryland on a Creative and Performing Arts full scholarship.