2023 Honorary Degree Recipients

Barbara Hill Moore

A senior associate dean for faculty and Meadows Foundation Distinguished Professor of Voice at Southern Methodist University Meadows School of the Arts, Barbara Hill Moore has performed with orchestras throughout the U.S. and Western Europe, singing in opera, concert, and recital, premiering the works of many American composers. Prior to SMU, she taught at Millikin University, the St. Louis Public School System and the St. Louis Archdiocese. She received a B.S. from Lincoln University of Missouri in 1965 and an M.S. as a graduate fellow from the University of Illinois.

In 2000, Moore began relationships with faculty and students at many universities including: University of South Africa and Tshwane University of Technology in Pretoria, University of Cape Town, Stellenbosch University, University of the Western Cape near Cape Town, University of the North West in Potchefstroom, Nelson Mandela University, University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg and the University of KwaZulu-Natal in Durban, South Africa. She recruited and provided visa support and scholarships for singers from these schools and neighboring high schools who presently serve as the first Black South Africans to chair voice and music schools in four of the top university programs in South Africa. Moore has received numerous awards, including the Lift Every Voice: Legacy Award from the National Opera Association. The National Association of Teachers of Singing recently created the Barbara Hill Moore Award for Emerging Teaching Artists in her honor.