Flutist James Hall to present recital Oct. 3

NATCHITOCHES - Flutist James Hall will present a recital at Northwestern State University on Thursday, Oct. 3 at 7:30 p.m. in Magale Recital Hall. Admission is free and open to the public. A live stream of the concert will be available at nsula.edu/capa/capalivestream.

Hall has enjoyed a varied and impressive career as an international soloist, chamber and orchestral musician and teacher. He has performed and collaborated around the world with some of the most prominent and innovative ensembles and artists of our time.

As a concerto soloist, Hall has played with the Orquesta Nacional del Paraguay, Kansas City Civic Orchestra, Greeley Philharmonic, Orquesta Nacional de Panamá, Orquesta del Congresso Nacional del Paraguay and the Southeast Kansas Symphony. After giving his Carnegie Hall debut recital as a winner of Artists International in 2004, Hall began to receive invitations to perform as a recitalist, and has since played across North, Central, and South America, Africa, Europe, and Asia. He is half of Colorado based duo970with pianist Susie Maddocks. They tour the world performing flute and piano works from the baroque to the contemporary. In 2021, the duo commissioned and gave the world premieres of works by American composers Paul Elwood and Stephanie Ann Boyd and recorded the flute and piano works of Boyd. Their album, "Songbird"was released in 2024.

He is founder and artistic director for The Chattanooga Sound Project, and is the flutist for established ensembles including Chimera, Last Train, and Wood&Metal. He has also performed and taught at music festivals in the U.S. and in Central and South America. Hall has been invited to perform as a guest principal flutist with the Boulder Philharmonic, Greeley Philharmonic, Kansas City Chamber Orchestra and Southeast Kansas Symphony, and has held principal flute positions with the Topeka Symphony and the Missouri Symphony.

Since 2009, he has been the professor of flute at the University of Northern Colorado.