Achievements
Arts Richmond Swan Award 2015-16 for original music in Youth Action Theatre's production of Tom's Midnight Garden.
Grotrian Steinweg 162 Grand Piano
Kurzweil Forte Stage Piano
Kawai MP11SE Digital Stage Piano
Technics SX-PX665 Digital Piano
Roland FP80 Digital Stage Piano
Schoenhut Miniature Grand Piano
Yamaha DXR 10 Active Loud Speakers
Biography
James Hall was born and bred in Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire and now lives in Kingston upon Thames, London.
James’ first steps into the arts were through dancing and were inspired at the age of three by watching Riverdance and the musical films Singin In The Rain and On The Town - starring Gene Kelly. He started dancing at the age of six at the Kimberley School of Dance and stayed until he was eighteen; doing classes in tap, modern, ballet, classical greek and contemporary. During this time he achieved ISTD Intermediate level tap and modern qualifications and competed in local dance festivals appearing in bursaries and achieving “highest boys mark” two years running. He also learned Irish dance with the McaleerField Academy of Dance and took part in the Riverdance 2015 summer school in Dublin. James is an ex scholar of The Louise Brown Scholarship Ballet Centre in York which he attended for nearly four years; receiving tuition from Simon Horrill.
As well as dancing James performed in multiple shows as a child with local amateur dramatic groups, mostly with Scunthorpe Little Theatre Club taking on a huge range of roles including animals! Scraps the dog from Carpe Jugulum by Terry Pratchet is one of his favourites. He was an original member of their youth drama group Rising Stars and took part in local drama and music festivals. He became one of the leaders of the group in 2012 and worked as their accompanist. Local amateur dramatic societies also gave James the opportunity to take on supporting roles such as musical director and rehearsal pianist.
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James Hall
Singing & Theatre Arts Teacher, Musical Director, Piano Accompanist, Composer
MA, PGCE, BA (Hons),
ATCL (Musical Theatre)
Level One & Level Two Estill Voice Training (The Voice Explained: Anne-Marie Speed & Associates) 2018 & [Online] 2020
Advanced Figures & Voice Qualities Estill Course (The Voice Explained: Anne-Marie Speed & Associates) [Online] 2020
Tongue Training (The Voice Explained: Anne-Marie Speed & Associates) [Online] 2023
The Baritone Problem (The Voice Explained: Anne-Marie Speed & Associates) [Online] 2021
Contemporary Legit (The Voice Explained: Anne-Marie Speed & Associates) [Online] 2021
Orchestration with Doug Besterman (Theatre Musical Directors Course) [Online] 2020
Conducting From The Piano with Ian Weinberger (Theatre Musical Directors Course) [Online] 2020
Estill & Contemporary and Commercial Music (The Voice Explained: Anne-Marie Speed & Associates) [Online] 2020
The Passagio & Mixed Voice (The Voice Explained: Anne-Marie Speed & Associates) 2019
Rock & Pop Weekend - Workshop with Mary Hammond (The British Voice Association) 2018
Belting - The Basics Explained & Advanced Belting (The Voice Explained: Anne-Marie Speed & Associates) 2017/18
The Mary King Practical Pedagogy Pathway Course (Voice Workshop) 2017
Telling The Story - Mary King (Association of Teachers of Singing) 2017
Estill for Children and Changing Voices (The Voice Explained: Anne-Marie Speed & Associates) 2017
Breathing, Support and The Estill Model (The Voice Explained: Anne-Marie Speed & Associates) 2016
Estill for Singing Teachers (The Voice Explained: Anne-Marie Speed & Associates) 2016
The Speaking Voice into Song for the Musical Theatre Performer (Chris Palmer: Head of Voice - GSA) 2016
Advanced Professional Development Course (Association of Teachers of Singing) 2016
Young Conductors Course (Association of British Choral Directors) 2014
About Me
Qualifications
MA Musical Direction - Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts, London
PGCE (Secondary Music) - UCL Institute of Education, London
BA (Hons) Dance and Music 2:1 - Kingston University, London
ATCL Diploma in Musical Theatre. Distinction - Trinity College, London
Grade 8 Piano Accompanying (Trinity)
Grade 8 Singing (Trinity)
Grade 8 Piano (ABRSM)
Grade 8 Flute (ABRSM)
My Home Studio
The Team
Macbook Pro running Sibleius 7, Logic Pro X, Mainstage, Kontact Komplete and various Piano Modules including Ivory II Italian Grand, Pianoteq and the Galaxy II Grand Piano Collection.
Courses