I am a musician, composer, multidisciplinary artist and music educator from the west of Scotland, currently based in Glasgow.
My background as a musician is fairly eclectic which I embrace in my work. I am interested in cross-disciplinary collaboration and am happiest navigating the intersections of musical practices, particularly those of jazz, sound art, folk music, free improvisation and contemporary classical music.
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I am drawn to projects concerning the natural environment, ecologies, sustainability, and conservation particularly around the seas and coastlines of Scotland. From the bird colonies of St Kilda and the last great auk to argumentative humming birds, creatures found in rock pools and a eulogy for a dead whale, I seek to communicate my passion for these issues through listening, empathy and a sense of joyfulness.
"Fergus Hall’s sound composition, made by weaving together hydrophone recordings and human song, is mesmerising" The Scotsman, December 2022
"The listener is always firmly surrounded by a dramatic Scottish landscape – with an immediate understanding of what Hall has set out to do and how to react to it. It’s testament to his skills as a composer that an album so intrinsically complicated is so immediately listenable." SNACK, May 2021
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YCAT Composer Fellow
This season I feel incredibly lucky to be the Composer Fellow for 2025/26 with the Young Classical Artist Trust.
As part of the fellowship I will be writing new pieces for the Fibonacci Quartet and cellist, James Morley. These pieces will be premiered at Wigmore Hall as part of the YCAT Lunchtime concert series.
TREE - The Hermes Experiment
Last year I wrote a new work for The Hermes Experiment as part of the Royal Philharmonic Society’s Composer Program. I had a great time working with Heloise, Ollie, Marianne and Anne of the Hermes Experiment having been an admirer of their work for many years, particularly their brilliant albums.
The piece is called Look What I Found. I wrote a blog post for the RPS talking about its inception and the process of writing this very personal piece. It meant a lot, therefore, when the Hermes Experiment asked me if they could record it for their next album. The piece will appear on the quartet’s upcoming album, TREE, released on Delphian Records on the 17th of October. Other composers on the album include Errolyn Wallen, Abel Selaocoe and Hannah Peel among others.