"Fergus Hall's sound composition, made by weaving together hydrophone recordings and human song, is mesmerising."

-The Scotsman, December 2022

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Fergus Hall is a musician, composer, artist and music educator from the west of Scotland, currently based in Glasgow.
 
His artistic practice centres the natural environment, ecologies, sustainability, conservation and our relationship with the environment, particularly the seas and coastlines of Scotland. From the bird colonies of St Kilda and the last great auk, argumentative humming birds, creatures found in rock pools and a eulogy for a dead whale, he seeks to communicate his passion for these issues through listening, empathy and a sense of joyfulness. 

Fergus us also interested in cross-disciplinary collaboration and is happiest navigating the intersections of musical practices, particularly those of jazz, sound art, folk music, free improvisation and contemporary classical music. He has undertaken a range of work, which includes chamber and choral music, large collaborative projects with community groups, electronic music and a jazz/folk album. 

Fergus has been commissioned by the Royal Philharmonic Society, Sound Festival, CoMA, Sound and Music, Making Music UK, An Tobar and Nevis Ensemble. His music has been performed by Sequoia Duo, Emily Davis, Fergus McCreadie, Matt Carmichael, The Edinburgh Quartet, Mr McFall's Chamber, Marie Schreer and the University of Glasgow Chapel Choir. He has also undertaken creative residencies across Scotland hosted by Taigh Chearsabhagh in North Uist, An Tobar in Mull and the Argyle Hope Spot Snorkelling Artist Residency. 

When not working on music, Fergus enjoys riding his bike and swimming in the sea.

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• In 2023/24, Fergus was selected for a place on the Royal Philharmonic Society Composer Program for which he wrote a new piece for the Hermes Experiment. His piece, Look what I found, was premiered in June 2024 in Cafe OTO and will appear on the Hermes Experiment’s upcoming album, TREE, released in October 2025 on Delphian Records.

• Fergus Hall is half of the duo Long Green Jaws with artist/cellist Sarah McWhinney. Their work explores ocean ecologies and folklore through live music, visual theatre, puppetry and storytelling. In the Summer of 2024 they took their show, Into the Long Green Jaws, on tour around the Isle of Mull with support from Creative Scotland, Soundplay Projects and An Tobar and Mull Theatre.

• Produced and released Isola in September 2022, an album of contemporary string music recorded in collaboration with Sequoia . The album features two large string duos by Fergus Hall; Isola, a collaboration with Scottish author Alexander McCall Smith; and Crossing the Simeto, which features archive recordings of the poet and folklorist, Hamish Henderson. The album also features music by other emerging Scottish based composers; Rylan Gleave, Aileen Sweeney and Sonia Killmann.

• Commissioned in 2022 to create music for On Sonorous Seas, a large multidisciplinary arts project led by artist Mhairi Killin, examining the relationship between sound, the military and the ecologies of the Hebridean Seas.

• During his post graduate studies at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Fergus composed and produced the album Shores, a single large work for folk singer, jazz quartet and string orchestra setting poetry by Sorley McLean. The release was supported by the Sorley McLean Trust and features Cameron Nixon, Fergus McCreadie, Matt Carmichael, Mark Hendry and Dominykas Snarskis.

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Fergus' first work as YCAT Composer Fellow, 'Three Hours After High Water' written for the Fibonacci Quartet, was premiered at Wigmore Hall on 30th September 2025. Purchase the sheet music here. 

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Contact

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Fergus's work is commissioned by YCAT in memory of Hans Keller, and supported by the Cosman Keller Art & Music Trust.

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