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JaRod Hall (b. 1991) is a Texas-born composer, educator and performer. He holds a bachelor’s degree in music education from the University of North Texas and a master's degree from Texas State University. His principal teachers include Don Little (tuba); Dennis Fisher, Dr. Nicholas Williams and Dr. Caroline Beatty (conducting); and Dr. Michael Ippolito and Dr. Jack Wilds (composition).

He is an eight-year veteran band director whose students received perennial sweepstakes awards at the Texas University Interscholastic League Concert and Sight-Reading Evaluations, in addition to being recognized at the state level. Notably, his 2018 non-varsity band at Griffin Middle School in Frisco, Texas, was the first middle school band in Frisco ISD history to win the Citation of Excellence, which honored the top two non-varsity bands in the state that year in Class A.

A tubist and trombonist, JaRod has performed with the North Texas Wind Symphony and Symphonic Band, 3 O’Clock Lab Band, Carrollton Wind Symphony, Metropolitan Winds, Texas State Symphonic Winds and the Texas State Wind Symphony — for which he played principal tuba for two years. JaRod is also a four-year Texas All-State Band member (2007–2009 tuba; 2010 1st chair jazz bass trombone in the state), the maximum number of times possible for any individual high school student in the state of Texas. He served as drum major for the 2013 Crossmen Drum and Bugle Corps and was a member of the 2014 Disneyland All-American College Band.

JaRod's compositions appear on the Texas Prescribed Music List, the J.W. Pepper "Editor's Choice" list and the Bandworld Top 100 list. His original brass choir Silver Fanfare was selected as a winner of the 2020 Dallas Winds Call for Fanfares, and his grade-2 concert band work Through the Storm was selected as the 2021 Barbara Buehlman Prize winner for middle school band. Additionally, JaRod is a nationwide marching arts arranger and consultant.