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We think you'll agree with that accolade from Sandler, after listening to Hall's artistry at the piano.

When he was yet but two months old, Torrey's mother took him to a classical symphony concert, remarking later that "whenever the orchestra played a series of melancholy chords of rich color, the small child would begin sobbing as if his little heart were breaking." Other audience members also took notice of it and later concurred with his mother that indeed, the baby boy was a musician at heart.

Trained as a classical artist by the nation's best pedagogues and pianists, Mr. Hall began playing piano in public at age four. His early teachers quickly noticed his witty improvisations in jazz chording, rhythms, and progressions, using simple tunes and melodies, which they encouraged.

Over the years, Torrey has performed throughout the United States in recitals, concerts, and other music venues. He has appeared at theaters, jazz clubs, colleges, universities, and religious institutions including churches and synagogues. He has performed on radio and television, and has played for prominent dignitaries and heads of state in Washington, DC and Israel. In 1992 he performed for prime minister Yitzhak Shamir in Jerusalem, an internationally televised event.