Mark Hill has been an active performing musician for nearly forty years. He earned a bachelor’s degree in music education from Tennessee Technological University and a master’s degree in music education from the University of North Texas.

Mark served for over twenty years as a musician in Air Force bands. He led various classical and jazz ensembles and performed as a trombone soloist in concert bands, chamber ensembles, pop music groups, jazz bands, and jazz combos. He played on numerous Air Force recordings including The Band of the West’s Jazz Heritage II CD, produced by Gordon Goodwin. Primarily trained as a tenor trombonist, he also recorded and performed on bass trombone and euphonium.
 

Mark is the adjunct professor for trombone at the University of the Incarnate Word and is very active as a freelance trombonist in San Antonio. He performs in exclusive venues like the Majestic Theater, The Tobin Center, Six Flags Fiesta Texas, and Jazz TX. He has performed locally with the King William Jazz Collective, the Doc Watkins Orchestra,
Jim Cullum, Small World, and the San Antonio Jazz Orchestra. Mark was included on Jim Waller’s big band recording, Bucket List, that included top jazz musicians from San Antonio and Austin and featured Yellowjackets drummer Will Kennedy.
 

He has been the lead trombonist at Cornerstone Church since 2010. San Antonio audiences know him as a local top-call trombonist for legendary artists and national Broadway tours. He has performed in nearly twenty Majestic Theater productions including Chicago, Evita, The Sound of Music, Mean Girls, My Fair Lady, On Your Feet, Beautiful, Tootsie, Wicked, and most recently, Ain’t Too Proud.
 

Mark taught music full-time in public schools for twelve years. In 2014, he began full-time private instruction for trombone, euphonium, and tuba students. He has taught lessons and masterclasses on numerous campuses with Northeast ISD, Northside ISD, Southwest ISD, and Boerne ISD, and his private students have excelled at Region, Area and All-State levels. He has been the featured clinician on the Texas All-state tenor trombone jazz etudes for the Texas Bandmasters Association for over eight years and was a 2015 director/clinician for the Region XI ATSSB Jazz Band II.
 

He has provided ceremonial music and entertainment for four U.S. Presidents and numerous global political leaders. He has performed at major music festivals, seminars, and workshops with many world-renowned jazz and classical musicians including Doc Severinson, Rob McConnell, Eric Marienthal, Alan Vizutti, Dave Steinmeyer, Nicholas
Payton, The Four Tops, Arturo Sandoval, Johnny Mathis, and Andy Williams.
 

He has performed under the baton of illustrious composers and conductors such as Aaron Copland, Elizabeth A. H. Green, Peter Schickele (P.D.Q. Bach), Jack Stamp, and Frank Techeli. Past teachers include Leon Brown, Royce Lumpkin, M. Dee Stewart, R. Winston Morris, Leon Breedon, Rich Matteson, and Jamie Aebersold.