Samuel Bill

Biography

Samuel Bill studied conducting, piano and organ at the Bratislava State Conservatory in his native Slovakia. As an assistant, he performed with and conducted the Conservatory Mixed Choir on tour throughout Slovakia, Europe and the United States. He was also a cofounder and assistant conductor of the St. Martin's Cathedral Choir in Bratislava, which he conducted for several radio and television broadcasts. He studied at the Bratislava Academy of Music for orchestral conducting. He was awarded a full scholarship to complete his Master's degree at Montclair State University in New Jersey. He was a rehearsal pianist and assistant to the conductor for TheatreFest, NJ, a professional equity theatre-in-residence at Montclair State University, as well as for other theatres in the Montclair area. He also studied conducting at the Juilliard School of Music with Maestro Vincent LaSelva. Since 1997 he has been the associate conductor of the Montclair Chamber Ensemble. As a pianist he has collaborated with many members of the New York Philharmonic for the Ensemble's chamber music series. In 2001 he appeared with the Ensemble at Weill Recital Hall in Carnegie Hall as a conductor and pianist. He earned D.M.A. in orchestral conducting at the Catholic University of America. He conducted The Medium, Amahl and the Night Visitors, and the world premiere of The Libation Bearers, assistant conductor for La Traviata and assistant conductor and chorus master for the world premiere of Agamemno at CUA. He also conducted Donizetti’s Don Pasquale, Le Nozze di Figaro at the Shaker Mountain Festival and will be conducting The Magic Flute there this year.