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Tuesday and Thursday: 10 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Wednesday: 2 p.m. - 3 p.m.
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Fall 2022
Musc 102-000A / Concert Choir
Musc 110-000A / Women's Choir
Musc 145-000A / Music Theory I
Musc 321-000A / Choral Methods I
Spring 2023
Musc 102-000A / Concert Choir
Musc 110-000A / Women's Choir
Musc 245-000A / Music Theory II
Musc 421-000A / Choral Methods II
Dr. Matt Hill joined the Peru State College faculty in September, 2014 as Director
of Choral Activities. His teaching duties at Peru State include: Music Theory, Choral
Methods, Conducting, and direction of the Concert Chorale and Women’s Choir.
Matt was born and raised in Bellevue, NE, and has spent the majority of his personal
and professional life in Eastern Nebraska; save two years in Stillwater, Oklahoma,
where he earned a Master’s degree in choral conducting as a Graduate Assistant at
Oklahoma State University in 2012, under the tutelage of Dr. Z. Randall Stroope.
He lives in Papillion with his wife Jen and their 2-year-old son, Walter.
Dr. Hill regularly serves as a guest clinician for festivals and honor choirs, and
is called upon to adjudicate competitions and festivals in the Midwest and around
the country. He enjoys traveling to work with ensembles, and brings enthusiasm and
expertise to each interaction. Matt is also an active composer, with works published
by Music Spoke Inc. among others.
He founded Sing Omaha Inc. in January, 2007. This 501c3 nonprofit organization serves
as the nation’s only K-12/adult choral arts nonprofit, and is comprised of ten choirs
and two studios which serve more than 450 musicians in Douglas and Sarpy County Nebraska
each year. Sing Omaha Studios offers two locations for private lessons in piano, voice,
and guitar with the state’s only fully-degreed faculty, all of whom hold Bachelor’s
degrees or better in music.
Dr. Hill serves as Executive Director and Artistic Director, managing the organization’s
budget, nonprofit status, and day-to-day management including oversight of more than
30 administrative and artistic/educational faculty and staff. He also serves as an
ex-officio member of the Sing Omaha Board of Directors, maintains a full roster of
voice students, and conducts two of Sing Omaha’s ten ensembles. He also oversees membership,
staff, and Board recruitment, concert programming, logistics (rehearsal and concert
venues, guest artists, commissions, etc.), maintains Sing Omaha’s three websites and
manages press communication. He also works to solicit private, corporate, and grant
funding to supplement the organization’s operation costs.
In addition to his work with Sing Omaha, Matt has served in music ministry steadily
since 2003, and has performed as a conductor, chorister, and featured soloist with
numerous local and regional ensembles. He is also regularly called upon to conduct
clinics, festivals, and honor choirs, and to adjudicate choral/vocal competitions
in the Midwest and around the country.
Peru State College named Dr. Hill as the 2019 Teaching Excellence Award winner (faculty
member of the year). Matt was honored to join Peru State administrators and other
dignitaries in the stage party at the May 2019 Commencement ceremony where he shared
a brief address with the graduating class. A video of the speech is available on his
YouTube channel and on his professional website MattHillConductor.com The Nebraska Choral Directors Association honored Matt as their “Choral Conductor
of the Year” for the 2018-19 academic year.
Matt was named to the Midlands Business Journal’s “40 Under 40” list of businesspeople
in 2017 for his work with Sing Omaha Inc.
In the Fall of 2015, Matt was honored as the “Young Choral Director of the Year”
by Nebraska Choral Directors Association
Matt was inducted into the Oklahoma State University Music Education Hall of Fame in
the Fall of 2014 as its inaugural member.
