Michael Hall, viola
Chen Yi: “Xian Shi” - Viola Concerto
Thailand International Composition Festival.
Chiang Mai Philharmonic.
Michael Hall, viola
Steve Davis, conductor
Performance Videos and Audio
Canopy, by Mara Gibson
World Premiere
Michael Hall performed Mara Gibson’s Canopy for Viola and Fixed Media at the dedication of Roxy Paine’s sculpture Ferment at the Nelson Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City in April 2011.
SoundCloud Account Featuring:
Luciano Berio: Naturale
Marta Ptaszynska: Elegia: in memoriam John Paul II
Mara Gibson: Canopy for viola and fixed media
Michelle McQuade Dewhirst: Ottava Rima
Antonio Celso Ribeiro: Syrian Requiem (2014)
Eric Malmquist: Sonata for VIola and Piano (2013)
Jean Milew: Long Days, Short Years
Ric Troll: Improvisation with viola and percussion
NPR station KCUR’s Interview About Canopy
Violist Michael Hall and composer Mara Gibson speak with Laura Spencer about the Canopy’s premiere.
Taohuayuan, by Yu Pengfei (China)
World Premiere
Michael Hall and composer Yu Pengfei at the 2012 Thailand International Composition Festival at Mahidol University College of Music.
Conjugation, by “Jokobo” Sopon Suwannakit (Thailand)
World Premiere
Michael Hall at the 2012 Thailand International Composition Festival at Mahidol University College of Music.
Kim Diehnelt: Montegar: for viola and orchestra.
World Premiere
Northwest Symphony
Kim Diehnelt, conductor
March 2014. Orchestra Hall, Chicago
Michael Hall, viola
Jim Mobberley: “Subject To Change Without Notice,” (2014) for solo viola
Written for Michael Hall and premiered summer of 2014, this is a highly virtuosic, quixotic and fun piece to play for solo viola.
Links to additional audio
Stacy Garrop: “Krakatoa,”
Viola Concerto (2018)
World Premiere
Bandung Philharmonic in Indonesia Conductor, Robert Nordling.
Michael Hall, viola
Eric Moe: What Happens Next Will Shock You (2016)
Thailand International Composition Festival.
Michael Hall, viola.
Christopher Janwong McKiggan, piano
Stacy Garrop: “Torque” - I. Momentum
Thailand International Composition Festival.
Michael Hall, viola.
Christopher Janwong McKiggan, piano
Sarah Kirkland Snider: “Thread and Fray”
Michael Hall, viola.
Gzegorz Grzeszcyk, bass clarinet
Kyle Acunsius, marimba
Rob Deemer: “Cantastoria” - The First Stone (2015)
World Premiere
Michael Hall, viola.
Kee Yong Chong: “Temple Bell Still Ringing in My Heart”
Michael Hall, viola.
Ganz Hall, Chicago
Mary Kouyoumdjian: A Boy and a Makeshift Toy (2016)
Thailand International Composition Festival.
Michael Hall, viola.
Christopher Janwong McKiggan, piano
Portfolio Composer Podcast Ep 182 - Michael Hall
Interview from January 2018 by Garrett Hope of Michale Hall for the Portfolio Composer Podcast. Background, commissioning, engagement.
Michael Hall, Director of Education
Coaching the Bandung Philharmonic, Indonesia.
Michael Hall coaching players, giving masterclasses and sectionals in Bandung, Indonesia.
