Conor Hall Evolution

By booking one of Conor Hall's groups you will get what you paid for - i.e.

A cool jazz standard group OR
A hip hop/fusion jazz trio OR
A bold and brassy New Orleans party band

You choose the sound you want and we will deliver that extra element to your event that live music contributes

An American-Canadian jazz drummer and percussionist currently working on a Masters of Music Performance at City University of New York. Bachelor of Fine Arts Specialized Honors Major in Music Performance from York University /Member of the Dean's Honor Roll

2014 selection as one of Toronto’s rising jazz talents to appear on Jazz 91.1 FM Jazzology series

2014 Grand Prize Winner - Whiplash drum competition hosted by
Mongrel Media/Now Magazine/Cosmo Music

2013 Oscar Peterson Scholarship Award for Jazz Workshop Year 3 performance

Graduate of North Toronto Collegiate known for its enriched music program under the direction of Liz Montieth. North Toronto's music program prepared Conor for a scholarship to attend Berklee College of Music’s Summer Percussion Week and acceptance by audition into New York University’s Summer Broadway Percussion program.

Conor has studied Jazz percussion with Dennis Mackrel, Barry Romberg and Anthony Michelli and composition and arranging with Barry Elmes. In addition he studied hand percussion with Rick Lazar and tabla with Ravi Naimpally. Mark Eisenman, Lorne Lofsky and Kelly Jefferson have also been essential to ensemble studies. Conor also studies Latin jazz intermittently with Ruben Vazquez of the Royal Conservatory of Music.

Conor performs in a variety of Latin, Ladino, jazz, funk and fusion ensembles and lends his talents as a percussionist in theatre and as an accompanist for various artists. He currently leads his own group Conor Hall's Jazz Groove and performs with The Yonge Kings, a New Orleans inspired busking band.