Fergus Hall

Fergus Hall is a musicians, composer, sound designer and music educator from the west of Scotland interested in the role of the composer in cross-practice collaboration and is happiest navigating the intersections of musical practices, particularly those of jazz, sound art, Scottish traditional music, free improvisation and contemporary classical music. Much of Fergus’ work focuses on the natural environment, ecologies and conservation, particularly around the coastlines and seas of Scotland.

He has been commissioned by Glasgow New Music Expedition, Nevis Ensemble, Sound and Music, Making Music UK, An Tobar, Sound Festival and CoMA and in 2023 Fergus was selected to take part in the Royal Philharmonic Society Composer Program for which he is composing a new work for The Hermes Experiment. His work has also been performed by Sequoia Duo, Hebrides Ensemble, The Edinburgh Quartet and Mr McFall’s Chamber.

Fergus has released three main bodies of recorded work; Shores, a large work for folk singer, jazz quartet and strings; Isola, an album of contemporary classical music created in collaboration with Sequoia and other emerging Scottish based composers; and On Sonorous Seas, an album of electronic music created as part of a large multidisciplinary project about the ecologies and militarisation of the Hebridean seas.

Fergus is part of the duo, Long Green Jaws alongside fellow artist and musician, Sarah McWhinney which brings together elements of visual theatre, live music and puppetry to explore coastal ecologies and Scottish ocean folklore.