Dr. Frederick Hall, organist and choral director, developed choruses in Mississippi, Louisiana and Alabama. Hall received a B .A. from Morehouse College in 1921 and a Bachelor's degree from Chicago Musical College in 1924. Dr. Hall also studied at the Royal Academy of Music in London 1933-1935. He obtained a M.A. in 1929 followed by a Doctoral degree in Music Education in 1952 from Columbia University Teachers College. Hall became a well known composer of choral music and spiritual arrangements. "Dry Bones, " "The Crucifixion," "Every Time I Feel the Spirit" and his oratorio, "Deliverance," were widely performed. Dr. Hall was also a well known educator of music, he taught at Jackson State, Clark College, Alabama A & M and Dillard University. While at Dillard, Dr. Hall led a quartet known as the Frederick Hall Quartet which later became famous as the Delta Rhythm Boys.