Eli Schille-Hudson, MM
About
Bachelor of Music, Indiana University
Master of Music, Indiana University
Eli Schille-Hudson is a guitarist based in Bellingham, Washington where he heads the guitar studio at Western Washington University. At Western, Eli teaches courses in music theory, guitar history, pedagogy, and fretboard harmony. He also teaches applied lessons and conducts and arranges for the WWU Guitar Ensemble.
Eli has appeared variously as a recitalist, accompanist, chamber musician, and concerto soloist across the United States. Recent highlights include appearances for the Northwest Guitar Festival (for which Eli served as festival director in 2023), the Whatcom Chorale, the Western Washington University Concert Choir, Seattle Classic Guitar Society, the Bellingham Music Club, the Bellingham Chamber Music Society, the Bellingham Festival of Music, the Great Spaces Concert Series, the Lafayette Symphony Guild, and the Lake Union Civic Orchestra. He has adjudicated competitions and given masterclasses for the Northwest Guitar Festival and Performing Arts B.C. His students have won top prizes in the Northwest Guitar Festival’s adult competition.
In addition to teaching and performing, Eli remains active as a composer and songwriter. His debut release with collaborator Ross Martinie Eiler, Signs & Seasons (2022), can be heard wherever music is streamed. He completed his education at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music where he took Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees under Maestro Ernesto Bitetti.