Background
Hill, Jackson was born on May 23, 1941 in Birmingham, Alabama, United States. Son of Edward Farris and Ruth (Doster) Hill.
Hill, Jackson was born on May 23, 1941 in Birmingham, Alabama, United States. Son of Edward Farris and Ruth (Doster) Hill.
Hill was a Morehead Scholar at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Doctor of Philosophy in musicology in 1970). A composer from the age of 14, he studied composition with Iain Hamilton at Duke University (1964-1966) and Roger Hannay (1967-1968).
He has served as a visiting scholar and choral assistant at Exeter College, Oxford, and as a Visiting Fellow at Clare Hall, Cambridge University. Hill’s music has been widely performed in Europe, Asia and the Americas, including performances at the Tanglewood, Ravinia, Chautauqua, and Edinburgh festivals. Recent commissions have come from The Fitzwilliam String Quartet (United Kingdom), Lichfield Cathedral, Chanticleer, the King"s Singers, New York Polyphony, and the Three Choirs Festival (United Kingdom).
His composition Voices of Autumn was part of Chanticleer’s Grammy nomination in 2003.
Member Clare Hall of Cambridge U. (life associate), American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, College Music Society, Royal Museum Association, Susquehanna Rowing Organisation (chairman 1986-1990).
Married Martha Gibbs, June 5, 1966. 1 child, Ian Edward Jackson.
