About Christopher Hill

Recently named a recipient of the 2010 Solti Foundation (US) Career Development Award, Christopher Hill is the music director and conductor of the Portsmouth (NH) Symphony Orchestra. From 2009-2010, Mr. Hill also served as the director of orchestras at the University of New Hampshire. Mr. Hill's passion and commitment to artistic excellence, innovative programming, community presence, audience engagement, and educational outreach highlight his artistic and musical priorities.

In 2010, Mr. Hill was selected to participate in the Cadaqués International Conducting Competition near Barcelona, Spain. Other recent conducting appearances include with the Richmond (VA) Symphony under the guidance of Victor Yampolsky. Mr. Hill has participated in classes with Lorin Maazel, Kurt Masur, Marin Alsop, Leonard Slatkin, Paavo Järvi, Carl St. Clair, Gustav Meier, Daniel Lewis, Thomas Wilkins, Michael Morgan, David Lockington, and Neal Gittleman. He assisted Kenneth Kiesler at the University of Michigan, where he also studied with Marianne Ploger. Mr. Hill is a candidate for the doctoral of musical arts degree in orchestral conducting under the advisement of Mark Gibson at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, where he assisted guest conductor Hugh Wolff and undertook additional study with Ulrich Nicolai, visiting faculty from the Hochschule für Musik und Theater München.