Norwich High School for Girls is delighted to welcome Mr Mark Hall, our new Director of Music. Mr Hall joins us from Alton School in Hampshire, where he was Head of Secondary Music.
Mr Hall has enjoyed a highly successful and varied career. He enrolled in the Royal Marines School of Music at the age of 17, playing the piano and trumpet in a range of ensembles for the Royal Marines Band Service after completing full initial military training. Later specialising in conducting and composition, he served as Sergeant Bandmaster and then as a Senior Instructor at the Royal Marines School of Music. He has performed with many internationally-acclaimed musicians and studied under conductors Malcolm Binney and Timothy Reynish, and composers Paul Patterson and Barrie Forgie.