Tim Hall has been teaching at Irvine Valley college since 2006. Tim is also the Director of Woodwind and Brass studies at Chapman University’s Hall-Musco Conservatory of Music. Born and raised in Southern California, Tim is a free-lance musician who is both a regular in major local ensembles and a seasoned touring musician.

Equally adept in classical and jazz genres, he can often be heard with the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, the Los Angeles Opera, the Pacific Symphony, the Los Angeles Master Chorale, the California Philharmonic, the Long Beach Opera, the Pasadena Symphony, the Long Beach Municipal Band, and the Laguna Beach Pageant of the Masters Orchestra.

Recent performances include the National Ballet of Canada, the Australian National Ballet, the Long Beach Chorale, and the Pacific Chorale, as well as lighter concerts with Herb Alpert, comedian/singer Martin Short, Peter Cetera and Boz Skaggs. He also shared a solo recital at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, in Newport Beach, where he has been an integral part of the music program on Sunday mornings for over two decades.

Tim has toured the United States, Europe and Asia with a variety of groups, in travels that included a five-year stay in Japan while performing in the orchestra in residence and in jazz ensembles at the Huis Ten Bosch resort.

Inspired by the long teaching career of his principal mentor, the renowned Hollywood studio-musician Uan Rasey, Tim is committed to continuing his musical heritage through teaching. In addition to his work at Irvine Valley College and Chapman University, he serves on the faculties of Saddleback College and Idyllwild Arts. Tim also owns a teaching studio in Laguna Niguel called The Music Stand. His younger students include winners and finalists in the National Trumpet Competition, as well as pupils who have consistently filled positions in the All Southern Honor groups, the Orange County Youth Symphony Orchestra, the Pacific Symphony Youth Orchestra, and the Pacific Symphony Youth Wind Ensemble. Several students have successfully auditioned and continued their studies with him through Irvine Valley College and then on to Chapman University. Many have also received their masters degrees from Chapman.

Tim lives in Mission Viejo California with his wife Yoko, whom he met during his residency in Japan, and with whom he has raised three (trumpet playing) sons. His twin sons are now working on their masters degrees at Chapman and are teaching with him at The Music Stand. His oldest son double majored in music and business and now lives in Austin, Texas where he owns his own Mergers and Acquisitions company.