Born and raised in Iowa and cutting his teeth in Austin, TX, Jared Hall has performed and worked as a keyboardist, singer, and music educator throughout the United States. His style of playing includes a wide spectrum of sounds including; blues, boogie-woogie, honky-tonk, country, rock, and even classical.

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Throughout his career, he has performed at The Austin City Limits Music Festival, South By Southwest Music Festival, North By Northeast Music Festival, Kerrville Folk Festival, Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival, The Savannah Jazz Festival, and the South Carolina Dizzy Gillespie Jazz Festival.

 

As an educator, Jared has been trained in Kodaly, Orff, Dalcroze Eurhythmics, and most recently trained in Modern Band with Music Will/Little Kids Rock.  He has taught piano and early childhood music classes with the Austin Community Music School/Austin Lyric Opera's Music Together in Austin, TX, Savannah Music Festival’s Musical Explorers program in partnership with Carnegie Hall’s Weill Music Institute. Jared has taught summer music classes with the Savannah Philharmonic Orchestra and conducted several of his own music workshops.  He recently conducted the Elementary Honor Choir for the District 1 GMEA Honor Chorus.  Jared is currently the Elementary Music Specialist at Esther F. Garrison School for the Visual and Performing Arts.

 

Jared is an active session musician and has most recently recorded Hammond B3, piano, and accordion in Los Angeles with William Pilgrim and the All Grows Up, Live at the Ice House, and appeared on recordings with the Blind Boys of Alabama, Brenton Wood, and Exene Cervenka. He also worked alongside Darryl McDaniels (aka D.M.C.) from Run-D.M.C. with My Friend’s Place in Los Angeles to support homeless youth and foster children. 

 

He has toured and recorded with Colin Gilmore, The Bastard Sons of Johnny Cash, Randy Weeks, Ramsay Midwood, Hudson Moore, Graham Weber, Nathan Hamilton, Randy Burk and the Prisoners, Brother Trucker, and The Train Wrecks.  Along with touring and recording, he has also created music for the PBS Documentary Eating Alabama and other various film projects.

 

Jared currently resides in Savannah, GA, and spent several years touring with his Gypsy Swing group, Velvet Caravan.  They recently played with the Hilton Head Symphony Orchestra conducted by John Morris Russell of the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra and performed as an official showcasing act at the SXSW Music Festival in Austin, TX.  He currently plays and records with The Dolette McDonald Ensemble, Trae Gurley, Lyn Avenue, Andrew Sovine (Andy's Roundup), Damon and the Shitkickers, Tiz, and many other musicians in the greater Savannah area. 

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Jared plays the Hammond Sk-2.

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+ Hammond Organ Artist

+ Voting Member of The Recording Academy - The Atlanta Chapter of The Grammy Awards

+ Georgia Music Partners

+ American Federation of Musicians - Local 447-704

+ National Association for Music Education (NAfME) and the Georgia Music Educator's Association (GMEA). 

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