James Hall MA PGCE BA (Hons) ATCL (Musical Theatre)

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Equipment

My Equipment/Kit: Grotrian Steinweg 162 Grand Piano, Kurzweil Forte Stage Piano, MacBook Pro with Logic Pro, Mainstage & Kontact Komplete, Roland FP80 Digital Stage Piano, Scheonberg Miniature Upright Piano, Schoenhut Miniature Grand Piano, Technics SX-PX665 Digital Piano, Yamaha DXR 10 Active Loud Speaker, Yamaha P95 Portable Digital Piano

I can use: Kurzweil Forte Stage Piano, Macbook Pro With Logic Pro, Mainstage & Kontact Komplete, Yamaha Dxr 10 Active Loud Speaker, Scheonberg Miniature Upright Piano, Schoenhut Miniature Grand Piano, Yamaha P95 Portable Digital Piano, Technics Sx-Px665 Digital Piano, Roland Fp80 Digital Stage Piano, Grotrian Steinweg 162 Grand Piano

About me

James Hall is a diligent and creative music professional who is immersed in Music Theatre. He specialises in musical direction and the teaching of singing and performance techniques. As a musical director he aspires to provide an excellent musical product and experience for all. His thorough approach means that he creates a relaxed yet professional atmosphere for musicians, casts and creative teams. As a teacher he challenges students to explore a range of strategies and tools to get the best out of their voice or performance. He ensures students maintain their individuality, creative musicality and performance integrity.

As a singing teacher James specialises in musical theatre, incorporating the Estill model in his teaching. As well as leading workshops and group singing classes James teaches privately offering lessons for adults and children; both professional and amateur. As well as fundamental singing technique James also focuses on characterisation, interpretation and acting techniques to enhance the performance of songs for all styles. Some pupils take singing and music theatre exams maintaining a 100% pass rate. James offers assistance with audition preparation and applications for vocational colleges and professional courses. Previous pupils have gone onto study at Arts Educational School, Mountview, Guildford School of Acting, ALRA, The Urdang Academy, Italia Conti, The Brit School, University of Chichester and others have gone on to perform professionally around the country and in West End shows.

James’ skills as a singing teacher coincide with his work as a freelance musical director. He works with professional theatre companies, amateur dramatic groups and youth theatre groups specialising in musical theatre and plays with music. James’ skills and experience as a MD include accompanying rehearsals, sight reading (especially for auditions), leading vocal warm ups and workshops, playing keys in orchestra pits, conducting ensembles, Keyboard and Mainstage programming, creating arrangements and composing award winning music.

Currently he is the Musical Director for Blue Fire Theatre Company

Additional skills:
Piano Tuning/Technician Skills

Industry awards:
Arts Richmond Judges' award 2015 - 16.

Referees:
Available on request

License & Passport

Skills

Secondary Job Title	Teacher
Job Titles	Composer, Music Production, Teacher, Music Producer, Music Director
Years in industry	6+ years
Organisations / Memberships	ISM
Musical Skills	Flute, Piano/Keyboards, Piccolo
Musical Style	Big band, Cabaret, Cool jazz, Folk, Jazz, Pop