Barbara Hill Moore

Barbara Hill Moore, Senior Associate Dean for Faculty and Meadows Foundation Distinguished Professor of Voice at Southern Methodist University Meadows School of the Arts, is establishing the Barbara Hill Moore Award for Emerging Teaching Artists. Through a generous challenge grant, Professor Hill Moore seeks to establish an endowment to support a biennial award to facilitate professional development of a NATS teacher of singing who is also pursuing an active performance career.

The award will be given to a NATS Artist Awards finalist with a minimum of five years of teaching experience. The NATS Artist Awards is a competition for singers whose artistry indicates that they are ready for a professional singing career and to encourage them toward that goal through participation in the competition. The winner of the Teachers Who Sing Award will be someone who has a bright future on a dual-career track.

”I am so blessed to be engaged in a profession I LOVE, vocal music — singing and teaching singing,” said Professor Hill Moore. “I hope that others will join me and that together we can continue to be the best example of our love for singers and for singing, by providing opportunities for our beloved students.”

Gifts to support the Barbara Hill Moore Award for Emerging Teaching Artists can be made through our donation form, or contact the NATS Executive Office at (904) 992-9101 for assistance.

“Barbara Hill Moore epitomizes what a true mentor and world class performer is in one brilliantly radiant force,” said Jeanai La Vita, herself a voice instructor and performer who has appeared with leading companies such as New York City Opera, Boston Lyric Opera and the Ravinia Festival. “She inspired me to pursue singing and teaching at the highest level. As a proud member of her voice studio family, I am following a path she lit for me early on. This award she has created will give tangible support at a critical stage in a teaching artist's life so that they may balance the work necessary to teach and perform with excellence.”

Professor Hill Moore has had a distinguished teaching and performing career. She began teaching at the SMU Meadows School of the Arts in 1974 and served as chair of the voice department from 1977 through 1992. A National Endowment for the Arts Grant recipient, she received a BS in Music Education from Lincoln University of Missouri and an MS in Music Education from the University of Illinois

Professor Hill Moore has performed with orchestras throughout the United States and Europe. She was a frequent performer in Western Europe, especially Germany, where she sang in opera, concert and recital, premiering the works of many American composers.

Professor Hill Moore was recently recognized with the “Lift Every Voice and Sing LEGACY AWARD” from the National Opera Association and the “Faculty Career Achievement Award” from SMU.