Sam Hall is a composer, multi-instrumentalist and improvisor, currently holding a scholarship studying composition at the Royal College of Music London with Mark-Anthony Turnage and jazz piano with Mike Moran. Sam started his musical journey as a full time cathedral chorister at Rochester Cathedral, early encouragement from Robert Saxton led on to learning with Kerry Andrew at Junior Trinity Conservatoire of music and dance with kind support from Marion Friend. Sam has had his music performed by the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, the Aurora Orchestra, Juice Vocal Ensemble, the City of Rochester Symphony Orchestra, Fretwork ensemble and the National Youth Orchestra in venues including the Royal Opera House, The Lindbury Theatre, Snape Maltings, The Royal College of Music, the South Bank Centre and Rochester Cathedral. He has also produced a remix of Dai Fujikura's piece 'Away we Play' performed by Juice Vocal Ensemble, and featured on their album 'Laid Bare' released on the Nonclassical Label. In May 2014 he wrote a piece 'These Walls' for Viola and Electronics, which was performed at the London Science Museum through the 'Exponential Horn'. Sam has a real passion to collaborate with contemporary dance choreographers, past projects including ‘Views’ 2012 for dancers from Laban, choreographed by Lucy Anne Evans performed at the South Bank Centre, and a piece at the Royal Opera House's Lindbury Theatre as part of the YDE scheme, working with Choreographer Molly Roberts. In the world of film and theatre, Sam has composed music for the play 'Soap Opera” starring a host of soap stars including Eastender’s actor Leslie Grantham, which toured nationally. He also composed a full length musical “Peter Pan – A Rock Fantasy” aged 13 which ran for three weeks at the Secombe Theatre, Sutton. Sam also MDs professional pantos with Magic Beans Productions. He has also written soundtracks for independent films ‘Buddies’ 2011, ‘The Wake’ 2012, ‘Break Time’ 2013 and a healthy cookery and fitness DVD with Boyzone's Shane Lynch - ‘Shane Lynch Life' in 2013. Sam is most motivated when collaborating with other artists outside of the music genre, and looks forward to a collaboration with the Richard Chappell Dance Company in 2015/16.
