April Hill
Biography
As a proud alumnus of the music department, April joined the UNCG faculty in 2015 to assist in the development of the Musical Theatre program and has been a full time Lecturer in Theatre since 2020. April has developed the MT voice curriculum and teaches applied voice lessons for the BFA Musical Theatre majors as well as coaching the mainstage musical productions.
From 2006-2020, she taught voice lessons, classes, and occasionally musically directed at Elon University in NC. In addition to UNCG and Elon, April has worked at Shorter College in Rome, Georgia as the Music Theater Specialist. University classes taught include Contemporary Vocal Styles, Singing for the Actor, Singing for Dancers, and Class Voice for Musical Theatre.
A native of North Carolina, April received both her MM in Vocal Performance and her BM in Choral Music Education from UNCG. She taught choral music in the public schools for 4 years and has been teaching private studio voice since 1998.
April has been involved in numerous productions as musical director. Past shows include Hairspray, Les Miserables, The Full Monty, A Chorus Line, My Fair Lady, Anything Goes, The Wizard of Oz, Falsettos, Closer Than Ever, Oklahoma! and Side By Side By Sondheim. On the college level, April has musically directed at Elon University, Shorter College, and UNCG doing shows such as The Wedding Singer, Songs for a New World, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Guys & Dolls, Godspell, Batboy, Urinetown, Cabaret, and Andrew Lippa’s Wild Party.
April has been Mezzo-Soprano soloist with Greensboro Oratorio Society (NC), Choral Society of Greensboro (NC), Alamance Chorale (NC), and many area churches. She has sung professionally with the Bel Canto Company (Greensboro, NC) and the Carolina Chamber Chorale (Charleston, SC). In the fall of 2009, she premiered the role of Camala in a concert version of Sorrel Hays’ new opera, Toowhopera at the Georgia Music Teachers’ Association’s fall conference in Rome, GA.
Her work with theatre and musical theater majors has allowed students to go on to Broadway, National Tours, regional theaters, cruise lines, Disney World, and Universal Studios in Florida. April is a member of the National Association of Teachers of Singing.