John E. Hall, III

• Maestro Hall is a graduate of the Juilliard School of Music in New York where he was a student of French conductor Jean Morel. His early conducting career included European tours of “Porgy and Bess”, “My Fair Lady” and “Fiddler on the Roof.” Mr. Hall has guest conducted in several other countries including Italy, Germany and Switzerland. As a Trombonist and Soloist he has performed and recorded with many of the greatest performing concert artists of our time like Placido Domingo, Donna Summers, Manhattan Transfer, Debbie Reynolds, Barry White, Leopold Stokowski, and Itzhak Perlman.

• Performances and Teaching

  Maestro Hall has shared his musical enthusiasm as a professor of instrumental instruction and orchestral studies at New York Community College, Cypress College, and California State University, Long Beach. Hall’s recent conducting appearances include engagements at the Palm Springs (CA) Annenburg Theater and the guest conducting of several California orchestras including the Merced Symphony Orchestra, the Torrance Symphony, and the Front Row Center Orchestra of Orange County (CA).