“Few artists have the right to call themselves a pillar of Boston music, but Tim Hall has long had that title on lock. As a session musician and saxophonist (and poet… and educator….) whose suave sophistication has decorated projects from Cliff Notez, Optic Bloom, Doom Lover, Noel Pancho, and of course, STL GLD, Hall’s myriad contributions keep him embedded in the bedrock of the local arts scene.”
Tim Hall is an award winning Educator, Artist, and Entrepreneur, from Detroit, MI, who now resides in Boston, MA. He began playing alto saxophone at the age of 10. In college, Hall found poetry and used this form of creative expression to share his thoughts on paper. Tim Hall draws inspiration from his lived experiences - charting the nuances of blackness, masculinity, and the beauties of life. As a musician, Hall has shared stages with world-renowned recording artists such as The Nappy Roots, Carolyn Malachi, Bilal, Chris Turner, and Aloe Blacc. His poetry has been heard at Boston's Hub Week, The Museum of Fine Arts, Berklee College of Music, Outside the Box Festival, Bridgin' Gaps Festival, and many other venues and poetry slam communities around the Boston/Greater Boston area.
His work can be experienced through his new project - Trust the Process EP, as well as Colors Of My Soul, and self-published book - Trust The Process. Tim is an Assistant Professor in the Professional Music Department at Berklee College of Music, is the co-owner of HipStory - a digital media production company dedicated to creating and showcasing the work of marginalized identities within media, and Board of Trustee with the American Repertory Theater. He is a member of the band STL GLD, and a principal collaborator with Cliff Notez, Oompa, and Will Dailey. Tim was honored as “Session Musician of the Year” by the 2020 Boston Music Awards, and recognized by WBUR’s Artery 25 as 1 of 25 millennials of color impacting Arts and Culture in Boston.