Dr. Aaron Hill serves as Associate Professor of Oboe and Chair of the Faculty Senate at the University of Nevada, Reno. He has previously held appointments teaching at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, University of Virginia, and James Madison University. He performs frequently with the Reno Philharmonic and Reno Chamber Orchestra. He recently released a solo album, Solitary Discourse, on Soundset Recordings, including four premiere compositions and a new oboe arrangement of JS Bach’s Partita No. 2 for Violin in D Minor. He earned his Bachelor of Music from the University of Michigan, Master of Music and Artist Diploma from Yale University, and Doctor of Musical Arts from James Madison University, studying oboe with Nancy Ambrose King, Richard Killmer, Stephen Taylor, and David Weiss. Dr. Hill plays a Fox Sayen oboe made in South Whitley, Indiana.