Randall Hall
Saxophone
Randall Hall is a distinguished interpreter of concert music for saxophone. His performances range from traditional classical repertoire to the avant-garde to free improvisation. Innova Recordings describes his music as “high-octane, supercharged sax” while The Wire declares that he plays with “utter confidence,” “fire and teeth,” and “unexpectedly tough beauty.” Internationally active as a performer and clinician, Hall has given concerts across the globe including performances at the Karnatic Lab (Amsterdam), Logos Foundation (Belgium), Hundred Years Gallery (London), Werstatt für improvisierte Musik (Zürich), Yantai Music Festival (China), Zeitgeist Gallery (Boston), Center for New Music (Iowa City), Electronic Music Midwest (Chicago), Outside the Box Festival (Carbondale), the Image-Movement-Sound Festival (Rochester), the Weirdtown Music Festival (Rock Island) and the Electro Acoustic Juke Joint (Mississippi). He has given lectures and master-classes at institutions around the world including Harvard University, Cornell University, the Eastman School of Music, New England Conservatory, Bowling Green State University, University of Illinois, University of Iowa, the Luxembourg Conservatory, Concervatorio Superior de Música de las Islas Baleares (Spain), the Trans- States Conference (UK), Christ Church University Canterbury, and the World Saxophone Congress.
Randall Hall is the recipient of numerous honors including a Fulbright Grant, Frank Huntington Beebe Grant, Presser Music Award, the first prize in the Concour Région Ile-de-France, and was a semifinalist in the first Jean-Marie Londeix International Competition. Hall has studied saxophone with Claude Delangle, Jean-Yves Fourmeau, Jean-Michel Goury, Kenneth Radnofsky, and Ramon Ricker. Dr. Hall holds degrees from the Eastman School of Music (DMA), the New England Conservatory (MM), the Conservatoire National de Région de Boulogne-Billancourt, France (Premier prix), and Warner Pacific College (BS). He is Professor of Music at Augustana College where he teaches saxophone, improvisation, and music history. Randall Hall is an endorsing artist for Selmer Paris saxophones and is the founder and Artistic Director of the Shockingly Modern Saxophone Festival.