Margaret Austin Hall

Biography

Margaret has been an active freelance classical musician in the San Francisco Bay Area for over 30 years, having appeared with many local symphonies, choruses, and pit orchestras including: Berkeley Symphony, California Pops Orchestra, California Symphony, Foothill Musical Theatre, Masterworks Chorale, Merola Opera, Modesto Symphony, Monterey Symphony, Lamplighters, Oakland Ballet, Peninsula Ballet Theatre, San Jose Symphony, Santa Cruz Symphony, Schola Cantorum, Stanford University Chorus, Stern Grove Festival, West Bay Opera. Outside the classical arena she has been privileged to work with Dave Brubeck, Carol Channing, Tony Orlando, Doc Severinsen, Mary Wilson, Frank Zappa, and many others.

Margaret received her BFA in violin performance from the Moores School of Music at the University of Houston, where she was in the studio of Fredell Lack and also studied viola/chamber music with Wayne Crouse.