David Hill appointed MBE in 2019 New Year's Honours

December 30, 2018

We’re excited to announce that David Hill, principal conductor of the Yale Schola Cantorum, has been appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2019 New Year’s Honours for services to music.  The full list of recipients can be found on the New Year’s Honours 2019 site.

Professor Hill has a long and distinguished career as one of the leading conductors in Europe. He has held appointments as chief conductor of the BBC Singers, musical director of the Bach Choir, chief conductor of the Southern Sinfonia, music director of Leeds Philharmonic Society, and associate guest conductor of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra.

In recognition of his services to music, Hill has been awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Southampton, an honorary Fellowship of the Royal School of Church Music, and an honorary membership to the Royal Academy of Music. He has been Master of the Music at Winchester and Westminster Cathedrals, music director of the Waynflete Singers, artistic director of the Philharmonia Chorus, and director of music at St. John’s College, Cambridge.

With over one hundred recordings to his credit, he has performed virtually every style and period in the choral repertoire from Gregorian chant to Renaissance polyphony, from Baroque oratorios to modern masterpieces for chorus and orchestra. He has commissioned dozens of works from leading composers of today, including Judith Bingham, Francis Pott, Patrick Gowers, Sir John Tavener, Philip Wilby, and Jonathan Dove. Hill maintains an active career as organist and pianist in recitals worldwide.