Sebastian Hill

Sebastian is a recent graduate of Magdalen College, Oxford and is a current scholarship holder at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. He is supported by the H R Taylor Trust and The Countess of Munster Trust, and studies with David Pollard. Solo highlights include Schubert’s Die schöne Müllerin (Oxford Festival of the Arts/Shipston-on-Stour), Evangelist for Bach's St John Passion (Oxford Bach Soloists), Bach’s Christmas Oratorio (Birmingham Symphony Hall, Ex Cathedra/New College Choir, Oxford), Handel's Messiah (Birmingham Symphony Hall, Ex Cathedra), Mozart's Requiem (St John's Smith Square, Southampton Philharmonic Choir) and Monteverdi Vespers (Birmingham Town Hall, Ex Cathedra).

Sebastian was awarded first prize in the Patricia Routledge English Song Competition in June 2023. He was an Ex Cathedra graduate scholar and has performed with ensembles including The Gabrieli Consort, Stile Antico, Ora Singers, the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Arcangelo, Polyphony, and the Oxford Bach Soloists. He was a member of the GSMD semi-chorus for a performance of Mendelssohn’s Elijah with the LSO/Antonio Pappano. Sebastian features as a soloist on Magdalen Choir CDs ‘Sing, Precious Music’ and ‘The Sweet and Merry Month’. He has performed at the Utrecht early music festival, the BBC Proms and the Three Choirs Festival.