Barbara Hill Moore, Meadows Foundation Distinguished Professor of Voice in Meadows School of the Arts at SMU, has taught at SMU since 1974 and served as department chair from 1977 through 1992. Prior to her SMU appointment (1969-1974), Professor Hill Moore taught at Millikin University in Decatur, Illinois, the St. Louis Public School System and the St. Louis Archdiocese. She received a B.S. from Lincoln University of Missouri and an M.S. as a graduate Fellow from the University of Illinois in Champaign, Illinois.

Professor Moore’s students can be found performing at the Houston Opera, Dallas Opera, New York City Opera, La Scala, Salzburg Opera, San Francisco Opera, Chicago Opera, Paris Opera, Berlin Opera, Santa Fe Opera, Fort Worth Opera, Opera Sweden, Opera Norway and Cape Town Opera.

Professor Moore is also on the vocal faculty of the Amalfi Coast Music & Arts Festival.