Honored to be listed in Who's Who Directories

Roger Lee Hall, the distinguished American music preservationist,
has received this notice from Marquis Who's Who®, the best known career directories:

"Your outstanding record of achievement has earned you the coveted distinction of being included in an impressive 15 editions of Who's Who in America ®." 

Over the years he has been listed in numerous volumes of Who's Who in America and Who's Who in the World.

 

 

Here is a listing of Mr. Hall's many activities:

• Director, American Music Recordings Archive (AMRA)
• Director, Center for American Music Preservation (CAMP)
• Director, New England Music Archive (NEMA)
• Managing Editor, Film Music Review (FMR)
• Album Producer, American Music Recordings Collection (AMRC)
• Music consultant for the National Geographic Society, Paul Revere House, Rounder Records, Sampler Records,
  also music festivals, seminars, special events.
• Former Historian, Vice-President, Music Director of the Old Stoughton Musical Society, founded in 1786 and now the oldest choral society in the U.S. Also Chairman of the OSMS Bicentennial Committee in 1986, planning special exhibits, concerts, preparing an 200th anniversary commemorative programs.
• Preservation Project:  Massachusetts Cultural Council funding for Music from Stoughton, MA  --
  a series of educational publications and videos for use in the public schools and for local residents.
• Chairman of the Stoughton Arts Council (1980-1984) and member of the Massachusetts Arts Lottery Advisory Committee.
• Music teacher (1975-95) -- classical and popular music courses in colleges, adult education, and workshops. 
• ASCAP composer with over 100 works for voices and instruments.
• Author of many publications, including guides to: American Christmas music, Film Music, George Gershwin, Remembering Radio, Shaker Music.
• Cable TV Host and Producer (1986-87) for series of local music programs.
• Radio Host for "IN THE MOOD" (1993) - a nightly program featuring popular music.
  Also radio producer of the "Great American Songs" series on local radio program. 
  

 

 

 

Music Lectures and Workshops

See the list of his music topics

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Music Career

 

He taught at Stonehill College and the Brookline Adult & Community Education Program from the 1970s to 1990s, where he taught hundreds of young students and seniors. These are a few of the courses he taught:

• A Listener's Guide to Music
• Great Composers (J.S. Bach, G.F. Handel, W.A. Mozart)
• The Genius of George Gershwin
• Music in the Movies
• Masters of the American Song

 

News items about Mr. Halls music career:

Binghamton University Alumni News

Music Articles

Saving Local Music

Singing Workshop

William Billings 250th Anniversary Sing

 

 

 

For the list of his many publications in the PineTree Multimedia Editions (PTME) series -- click here

 

 

Read more about his musical activities at his Official Site --

click here

 

 

 

 

Come, gentle peace, with smiling ray,
Beam on our land a cloudless day,
Beneath thy influence serene,
The olive wears immortal green.

Come. gentle peace, resume thy reign,
With all thy virtues in thy train,
And then Columbia's soil shall grow
As verdant Paradise below.

-- Esther Talbot, Stoughton, MA, 1814

He set this poem written by a 10-year old girl during the War of 1812 to music
and it was performed in concerts in 1981 and 1990.
This song is included on this CD --

GENTLE PEACE: A Sampler of Songs and Instrumentals

 

 

 

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