Stanley M. Hoffman

Personal Information

First Name Stanley M.
Last Name Hoffman
Gender Male

Location

Country United States
State MA
City Framingham

Musical Information

Musical Activities Singer, Conductor, Arranger, Composer
Voice Baritone

Website stanleymhoffman.com
About Me Stanley M. Hoffman was born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1959. He has lived in the greater Boston area since 1977. He received degrees in Composition from Brandeis University (Ph.D. 1993), the New England Conservatory of Music (M.M. 1984), and the Boston Conservatory (B.M. Cum Laude 1981).

Dr. Hoffman’s accomplishments as a composer include having his unpublished compositions Album Leaf for Harp Solo, Variant on “Battle Cry of Freedom,” for wind quintet, Get me a rag! Just a minute... for piano solo and Limericks and Laughter Thereafter for clarinet solo, chosen by Jasmin Cowin, the West Point Woodwind Quintet, Shiau-uen Ding and Bruce Curlette for performance, respectively, in the 2012 and 2011 call for scores known as "15-Minutes-of-Fame" by the Composer’s Voice Concert Series in New York City. Dr. Hoffman won a co-first place prize in the 2008–09 Longfellow Chorus International Composition Competition for his setting of the Longfellow poem Nature. He won a third place prize in the 2008 Choral Composition Competition sponsored by The New York Virtuoso Singers for his unpublished piece Anim Zemiros for SATB chorus. In 2008, Dr. Hoffman received a commission from Carolina Brass for Fanfare, Tango and Fughetta on Hebrew Themes. Grant Us Peace for SATB chorus received an “Honors” citation in 2002 in the Waging Peace Through Singing project sponsored by iwagepeace.com. The first song from his song cycle Selections From “The Song of Songs” for male voice and wind ensemble received a 1996 premiere performance from the Metropolitan Wind Symphony. Dr. Hoffman received a 1995 commission from the ALEA III contemporary music ensemble for his composition Trio In One Movement for clarinet, viola and violoncello. His piece There Is a Name for SA chorus and amplified classical guitar was performed before an audience of over 8000 people at the dedication ceremonies of the New England Holocaust Memorial in Boston on October 22, 1995. Dr. Hoffman’s composition String Quartet (1987) was performed by the Boston Composers String Quartet at Jordan Hall in Boston on January 29, 1989. This piece was also performed by them in the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, New York City on February 12, 1989. He received a 1984–85 Broadcast Music Incorporated (BMI) Award to Student Composers for his composition Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird.

Dr. Hoffman also works as a conductor, vocalist and lecturer. He was Editor at ECS Publishing from 1998-2021, and was the founding Conductor of The Temple Israel of Natick (MA) Singers.

Stanley M. Hoffman posted a new video:

A Dream
Program Notes: The fact that the text for this work even exists is a miracle. It was written by Abraham ("Abramek") Koplowicz, a Jewish boy who was exterminated by the Nazis during the Holocaust. Abramek was born in 1930 in Lodz, Poland, and died 1944...

May 2
Stanley M. Hoffman posted a new video:

A Dream
Program Notes: The fact that the text for this work even exists is a miracle. It was written by Abraham ("Abramek") Koplowicz, a Jewish boy who was exterminated by the Nazis during the Holocaust. Abramek was born in 1930 in Lodz, Poland, and died 1944...

May 2
Stanley M. Hoffman posted a new video:

Kindle the Taper
Kindle the Taper for SATB Chorus and Harp (Piano), with optional Trumpet, Horn in F, and Crash Cymbals Performance of Version for SATB Chorus and Piano Words by Emma Lazarus Music by Stanley M. Hoffman Performed with piano by the performers of Choral...

May 2
Stanley M. Hoffman posted a new video:

From Silent Night
One of the saddest and most remarkable love songs of all time, "From Silent Night" by John Dowland is newly arranged here with Alto, Tenor, and Bass choral parts added. Some of the lowest octave passages in the Lute (Guitar) part are transposed up an octa...

May 2
Stanley M. Hoffman posted a new video:

Set No. 10 of Three Pieces
1. Like a Sick Eagle 2. Luck and Work 3. The Indians

May 2
Stanley M. Hoffman posted a new video:

I don't know. I don't care.
Dedicated to apathetic, willfully ignorant people everywhere. "I don’t know. I don’t care." Mobile for SATB Chorus unaccompanied Music by STANLEY M. HOFFMAN (b. 1959) (BMI) With apologies to J. S. BACH (1680–1750) Based loosely on “Prelude in C Major...

May 2
Stanley M. Hoffman posted a new video:

Separazione
Italian Folk Song Edited, and provided with accompaniment by Giovanni Sgambati (1841–1914) Arranged for SATB chorus and chamber Orchestra by Stanley M. Hoffman

May 2
Stanley M. Hoffman posted a new video:

Separazione
Italian Folk Song Edited, and provided with accompaniment by Giovanni Sgambati Arranged for SATB Chorus and Piano by Stanley M. Hoffman

May 2
Stanley M. Hoffman posted a new video:

Sehnsucht (Longing)
Johannes Brahms Op. 112 (Published 1891) Six Quartets 1. Sehnsucht (Longing) Arranged for SATB Chorus and Orchestra by Stanley M. Hoffman Words by Franz Kugler NotePerformer 4 Audio und scrolling score seeking live performances. Music Public Doma...

September 21, 2023
Stanley M. Hoffman posted a new video:

Nächtens (At Night)
Johannes Brahms Op. 112 (Published 1891) Six Quartets 2. Nächtens (At Night) Arranged for SATB Chorus and Orchestra by Stanley M. Hoffman Words by Franz Kugler NotePerformer 4 Audio und scrolling score seeking live performances. Music Public Doma...

September 21, 2023

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