William H. Hill

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Wiliam Herbert Hill (born December 27, 1930 in Paris (Texas) , † December 16, 2000 ) was an American composer , conductor and music teacher .

Life

William H. Hill received his first music lessons at the age of four from his mother Audrey Hayes Hill. As a child he learned the saxophone and was a member of various school and community wind orchestras. In 1948 Hill began studying music at the University of Northern Colorado ; he obtained a Bachelor of Arts in 1952 and a Bachelor of Music in 1954, and in 1955 he temporarily completed his studies with a Master of Arts . Hill was also a member of the Greeley Philharmonic Orchestra and served from 1950 to 1953 as a musician with the 529th US Air Force Band .

In 1955, Hill became an associate professor of wind instruments and assistant conductor of the wind orchestra at East Texas State University ; In 1958 he took over the leadership of the wind orchestra. In 1963 Hill left Texas to study again and moved to the University of California, Los Angeles . For the next six years he taught and studied there; in the summer months he also gave lessons at Adams State College in Colorado and from 1966 to 1969 he worked as a saxophone teacher, arranging and as a concert band conductor at Arizona State University .

From 1972 to 1982 Hill worked at California State University . There he completely rebuilt the wind band program, which at the time consisted of just one orchestra with 27 musicians. He also headed the wind instruments department.

Hill composed not only for wind orchestra, but also for smaller wind ensembles, symphony orchestras and choirs. He was also an internationally sought-after guest conductor and speaker at concert band workshops.

Works for wind orchestra

  • 1966 Men of Custer , March
  • 1968 Big Red Machine , march
  • 1969 Latinade
  • 1971 Sea of ​​Gold , March
  • 1972 Sioux Variants
  • 1973 Elegy for a Watchmaker
  • 1973 Sonitus Revelationis
  • 1974 Concerto for Trumpet
  • 1974 Western Folk Song Suite
  • 1975 concert for jazz band and wind ensemble
  • 1975 Sacred Service
  • 1975 Statement for a Nation
  • 1976 concert for percussion and wind ensemble
  • 1976 concert for euphonium
  • 1976 A Norman Rockwell Suite
  • 1977 Kyrie and Gloria
  • 1977 Loma Alta Serenade
  • 1977 Meet Our Sections, Hear Our Bands
  • 1977 Song and Dance , for bass trombone
  • 1978 Dances Sacred and Profane
  • 1978 concert for trombone
  • 1978 First symphony for wind orchestra
  • 1979 Saint Anthony Variations
  • 1980 Cosmos Suite
  • 1980 Dramatic Prologue
  • 1981 Second symphony for wind orchestra
  • 1982 Fantasy on "O For a Thousand Tongues to Sing"
  • 1984 First Suite
  • 1984 Suite for Trumpet
  • 1985 Third Symphony for wind orchestra
  • Petite Suite , for alto saxophone

Awards

In 1977 Hill won the Sousa / ABA / Ostwald Award of the American Bandmasters Association for his composition Dances Sacred and Profane ; In 1981 he was appointed a member. Hill also received the University of Northern Colorado's Outstanding Alumni Award and several ASCAP Serious Music Awards .

Recordings

  • The Compositions of William H. Hill (1978, Golden Crest Records), California State University Wind Ensemble, William H. Hill (conductor).
  • First Chair Honor Band (1978, California State University, AEA 1172), California State University Wind Ensemble, William H. Hill (conductor).

literature

  • William H. Rehrig: The Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music. Composers and Their Music . Ed .: Paul E. Bierley. Volume 1: A – N. Integrity Press, Westerville, Ohio 1991, ISBN 0-918048-08-7 , pp. 341 f .
  • Wolfgang Suppan , Armin Suppan : The brass music lexicon . 5th edition. HeBu-Musikverlag, Kraichtal 2010, ISBN 978-3-9806925-9-5 , p. 351 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ William H. Hill (1977). University of Maryland website, accessed February 13, 2018 .
  2. ↑ ABA Awards. The American Bandmasters Association, accessed February 12, 2018 .
  3. ↑ Read We Forget - Membership History 2012. (PDF; 619 kB) American Bandmasters Association, archived from the original on September 10, 2016 ; accessed on February 12, 2018 .
  4. ↑ OCLC 5764022
personal data
SURNAME Hill, William H.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hill, William Herbert (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American composer, conductor and music educator
DATE OF BIRTH December 27, 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris (Texas)
DATE OF DEATH December 16, 2000