Dr. James Hall
Assistant Professor of Music
Flute
Frasier 160
970-351-2529
Flutist James Hall’s varied career includes significant achievements as solo recitalist, chamber player, orchestral musician, concerto soloist, and teacher. He is former principal flute with the Topeka Symphony Orchestra, and has been co-principal flutist of the Missouri Symphony Orchestra and principal flutist of the St. Joseph Symphony. He has been featured soloist with the Kansas City Civic Orchestra, the Southeast Kansas Symphony Orchestra, and the Orchestra of the Conservatory of the University of Missouri-Kansas City, where he earned both his master’s and doctoral degrees.
Dr. Hall is flutist, founder and artistic director of the Chamber Music Society of Kansas City, whose highly successful 2003-2004 debut season brought together an outstanding group of musicians from around the world. In addition to his active commitment to nurturing appreciation and excitement for chamber music repertoire in the Kansas City area, Hall is devoted to the continued development and exposure of new flute repertoire. Most recently, he performed the regional premieres of Daniel Kessner's Celebrations for Flute and Orchestra and Paul Schoenfield's Klezmer Rondos and the U.S. premier of Hubert Bird's Flute Concerto, and has commissioned new works for flute by American composers William Lackey and Stephan Casurella.
As a winner of Artists International, Hall gave his Carnegie Hall debut in 2004, and has performed recitals and given master classes throughout the United States. He has been on the faculties of Pittsburg State University and the University of Missouri-Kansas City, and is currently the flute professor at the University of Northern Colorado.