Percy Hall

Percy Hall is a composer and arranger with over 250 published pieces to his credit. Over the years, Percy has performed professionally in symphony orchestras, concert bands, dance bands and small ensembles, playing a wide range of brass, woodwind and percussion instruments. He taught instrumental music, both band and orchestra, in the Mansfield, Oh... io schools for 41 years, retiring in 1993. For the next ten years he taught instrumental techniques at Ashland University, Ashland, Ohio. Since 2001, Percy has been the conductor of the Mansfield Symphony Youth Strings, a group comprised of 60 string players, mostly in grades 6 through 10, coming from 22 schools in north central Ohio. He has served as Assistant Conductor of the Mansfield Symphony Youth Orchestra, a full orchestra of high school age students, for many years. He is a former member (and still the music arranger) of the Mansfield Symphony Woodwind Trio, which performs educational concerts in area schools. Percy is the recipient of many awards recognizing his achievements and significant contributions to the field of music education, including the Ohio Music Education Association's (OMEA's) Outstanding Music Educator of the Year Award in 1987, and the OMEA Distinguished Service Award in 1995. Percy was inducted into the Ohio Band Directors Conference Hall of Fame in 1995. Percy served for 50 years as an Ohio Music Educators Association OMEA Adjudicator for all instrumental categories: Strings, Woodwinds, Brass, Percussion, Band, and Orchestra. He served on the OMEA Adjudications Committee for 13 years and supervised the revision of the Solo and Ensemble List on two occasions. Over 200 of his ensembles are listed on the current edition of the OMEA Solo and Ensemble Adjudicated Event Music (the required list for high school solos and ensembles in Ohio.) A few ensembles are on the A list (most difficult), but most are on the B and C lists. A number of his ensembles are also on required or recommended lists in other states, including New York, Virginia, ...Read More