Cory Hall has been teaching humanities and music at St. Petersburg College since 1999. Courses taught include Western Humanities I and II, East-West Synthesis, Introduction to Music, as well as private and class piano. He currently teaches exclusively humanities courses at SPC. He also serves as organist at Anona United Methodist Church, in Largo.

Hall earned the Doctor of Musical Arts (D.M.A.) and Master of Music (M.M.) from the University of Kansas, M.M. in Piano from the Eastman School of Music, and Bachelor of Music (B.M.) in Piano from California State University, Sacramento. In addition to being trained as a concert pianist, Dr. Hall has a strong interest in history and the humanities, especially the history of art, music, and architecture. He has also completed additional graduate courses in World Religions and is especially knowledgable in this area.

Dr. Hall currently operates two YouTube channels. His very popular "BachScholar" channel features piano performance videos of all styles of music from Bach to ragtime, while his more recent and quickly growing "PianoSeminars" channel focuses on lessons and tutorials. He also operates a website titled "BachScholar.com".