John Thomas Hill KS RAM (c. 1843[1] – ) was a church organist, choirmaster and orchestra conductor in Australia.
Hill entered the Royal Academy of Music in 1857 and was elected King's Scholar in 1860 and was subsequently appointed to Her Majesty's private band.
[4] His first concert was on 13 March 1865 at the Australian Library, Bent Street, Sydney,[5] which was a resounding success despite the absence of the violinist[2] John Hall.
[9] William J. Cordner died in 1870, and Hill was appointed organist and choirmaster of St Mary's pro-Cathedral in his place.
Accordingly, he drew up a set of rules for the choristers and approached the Church for funds for an instrument,[11] with which the Catholic press concurred.
[12] Hill organised a great concert on 16 May 1871 in aid of the St Mary's organ fund at the Freemasons' Hall, at which he and the choir performed Rossini's Stabat Mater to excellent reviews.
Hill was involved in a benefit to the widowed Mrs Cordner in 1870, giving him an opportunity to display his mastery of the pianoforte in a most difficult piece.