"[1] He was founder of the Bloomsbury International Society, through which he orchestrated musical performances "merging Western instruments with sounds from the Caribbean, Asia and Africa.
[4] During a summer holiday when he was 14 years old, in response to a music teacher's challenge that he needed to make more effort, Hall taught himself classical piano, practising day and night until, as he recalled in a 2003 interview: "I was playing the preludes and fugues of Johann Sebastian Bach.
And the Commonwealth Institute marked its golden jubilee with Queen Elizabeth II in the audience and the thumping of Ashanti drums accompanying baroque brass on stage.
"[1] For Festac 77, the Second World Black and African Festival of Arts and Culture, held in Lagos, Nigeria, Hall was Chairman of the UK Committee,[7] participating alongside other eminent professors of music such as Akin Euba, J. H. Kwabena Nketia and Eileen Southern.
[8][9] Over the years, his talents as a composer and musician enabled Hall to perform internationally at many prominent venues and events and to connect with a wide range of high-profile personalities, including the British royal family, Benjamin Britten, Peter Pears, Nelson Mandela and the Rev.
It is said of him that while there may be those who are gifted instrumentalists, vocalists and composers, and yet others with an aptitude for devising and directing musical and dramatic entertainments, to find a single person endowed with all these qualities must be exceedingly rare.