Most of the information on this website

was researched and written

by Roger L. Hall, musicologist and music preservationist

and Director of the

Center for American Music Preservation (CAMP)

 

 

 


Biographical Profile

 

Roger Lee Hall has been one of the most productive researchers and writers

working in topics of American music from the past several centuries

and helping to preserve them for the future.

Over many years he has produced over 100 music publications and recordings.

See the titles in his PineTree Music Music Editions (PTME) - go here

Also, he is Album Producer for the American Music Recordings Collection (AMRC) - go here


His other accomplishments:

ASCAP Composer of instrumental and vocal music published by PineTree Music.

Cable Television Producer for two cable TV series: "In Concert" and "Now and Then."

Conductor of choruses, including the Old Stoughton Musical Society -

America's oldest surviving choral society, organized in 1786.

Ethnomusicologist researching, editing, performing religious music of the Shakers.

Film Music Critic and Managing Editor of -- Film Music Review

Music consultant for Boston Camerata, National Geographic Society, Sampler Records and others.

Music educator teaching courses on classical music, film music and popular music.

Musicologist for various publications on choral music, film music, folk music, popular music.

Radio disc jockey playing popular music from the 1930s, 1940s, 1950s.


His most popular piano work has been recorded on these 3 AMRC CDs:

Listen to his composition - "Seven Variations on a Shaker Marching Tune" (Op 1b)

performed by pianist Kathryn Southworth on YouTube -- go here



 

 

Professional Recognition:

Because of his considerable accomplishments is so many areas of music,

Mr. Hall has been listed in various professional directories, including

International Who's Who in Music

Who's Who in America

Who's Who in Entertainment

and other directories.


 


Here are two CDs with his compositions:



 


 

He completed his Ph.D. dissertation in Musicology

at Case Western Reserve University.

While collecting research for his dissertation,

he arranged several Shaker tunes for chorus in 1974 for a

major conference celebrating the bicentennial of the Shakers arrival in America,

held at the Western Reserve Historical Society in Cleveland.

His research involved the music of the North Union Shakers,

a community that existed in the 19th century in what is today Shaker Heights, Ohio.

His research has been published and now available as an ebook --

 

Music Teaching

While at Case Western Reserve University, he taught his first music class,

"The History of Popular Music in America."

He was then teaching assistant for the popular Cleveland disc jockey, Bill Randle.

Read about him in this ebook:

 

 

 

 

 

Cable Television

In addition to teaching, Roger Hall has produced and hosted several series for cable television:

"In Concert" and "Now and Then" - featuring local musicians, actors and local citizens.

These are a few of the composers featured in these programs:

William Billings, Dudley Buck, Stephen Foster, Edwin Arthur Jones, Oliver Shaw, Randall Thompson.

 

Music on Radio

For many years he was a guest on radio stations in the Boston, Massachusetts area, including the

popular program, "Music America" hosted by Ron Della Chiesa on WGBH-FM.

He was a frequent guest speaking about

American classical music, film music, and popular songs.

In 1989 on "Music America," he announced the first of his annual Sammy Film Music Awards.

 

 

In 1993, he hosted his own four-hour nightly radio program, IN THE MOOD,

featuring popular music from the 1930s, '40s and '50s

and with special highlights like Top Ten Big Band Themes and the weekly

"Wednesday Night at the Movies."

A few years later he wrote a booklet titled:




 

 

 

Music Research

As a musicologist and ethnomusicologist,

he has spent many years researching, editing and performing

music from two of the oldest singing traditions in the USA:

 

 

The Old Stoughton Musical Society (OSMS)

now the oldest surviving choral society in the USA, founded in 1786.

As its Historian, Roger Hall organized two music festivals:

"Musick in Old New England" (1978)

"Musick in Old Boston" (1980)

He produced a cable television series, "In Concert,"

and he conducted the OSMS chorus for several years

plus he composed music for them to perform.

In 1985, he wrote and narrated a 30 minute documentary

about the Old Stoughton Musical Society which

was shown on local cable television.

 

 

Also, he wrote several historical plays about music from the past:

"The Grand Constitution" (1987)

"William Billings Teaches A Singing school" (1990)

See these two extensive multimedia collections:

 

 

"DEDICATION" - Singing in Stoughton, 1762-1992

 

 

 

For the 250th anniversary of the

Shakers arrival in America in 1774

Read about this music collection --

click here

See the list of his music compositions --  click here

 

For 50 years he has been presenting music programs and research papers

at scholarly conferences, historical societies, libraries and more.

Lectures and Workshops

He has been a prolific lecturer and has presented over 50 programs and workshops

on various music topics.

See the list of his music lectures and workshops -- click here

 

 

 

About his over 60 years in music!

 

 

Read about his life in music in the

10 volumes of the Memories And Music series --

click here

 

 

 

 


 



For over 50 years, he has researched and edited music by the Shakers,

America's oldest surviving communal sect.

Also, he has interviewed Shaker singers about their music.

In 1980, he interviewed Sister Mildred Barker at the Shaker community in Sabbathday Lake, Maine.

Also that year he interviewed American composer, Aaron Copland,

about his arrangements of the popular Shaker song, "Simple Gifts" (aka: Tis the gift to be simple).


The following CDs have music edited or arranged by Roger Hall:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In 1999, he edited the recordings and wrote the notes for a 72 page booklet which

accompanied the largest recorded sessions of the Shakers singing and speaking

about their music from 1960 to 1980

 


Let Zion Move: Music of the Shakers (Rounder Records, 2 CD set)

 

 

This highly-rated CD is now available:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 




A Deluxe Multimedia Collection

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Composer-in-Residence

Roger Lee Hall is the composer-in-residence
for this website.

His compositions are available

exclusively from PineTree Music.

 

 

 

 

Director of the American Music Recordings Archive (AMRA)

click here

 

 

 

 

Director of the Center for American Music Preservation (CAMP)

click here

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Album Producer for AMRC CDs

 

See the complete catalogue of AMRC CDs -- click here

 

 

 

 

 

Managing Editor, Film Music Review

 

 

 

 

 


PineTree Music Editions (PTME)

See the list of titles

click here

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



Some of his numerous articles:


"Shaker Hymnody: An American Communal tradition"
in Journal of Church Music, Volume 17/ Number 8 (October, 1975).
Reprinted in The Hymn, Volume 27/Number 1 (January 1976)

"An Interview with Sir Michael Tippett"
in Journal of Church Music, Volume 20/ Number 4 (April 1978)

"Singing Stoughton"
in Journal of Church Music, Volume 22/Number 1 (January 1980)

"Simple Gifts: Shaker simplicity in song"
in The Shaker Messenger, Volume 2/ Number 2 (Winter 1980)

"An Interview with Aaron Copland"
in Journal of Church Music Volume 24/ Number 2 (February 1982)

"An Early American Auld Lang Syne" - We're History - Online site (2016)

"Simple Gifts" - The Discovery and Popularity of a Shaker Dance Song
in Communal Societies, Volume 36, Number 2 (2016)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Music lectures and workshops

 


See the list of his lectures, webinars and workshops

click here

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 









 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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