Stanley M. Hoffman, Ph.D. Composer, Arranger, Editor, Conductor, Baritone, Lecturer

Current Events

2010 Paul Revere Award For Graphic Excellence in Book Design from the Music Publisher's Association: Second Prize: Folios - Vocal Scores for the opera piano/vocal score to Gabriel's Daughter by Henry Mollicone. Only two prizes were awarded in this category.

The Twin Cities Jewish Chorale, Sara Cowan, artistic director, performed Yih’yu l’ratson (May the words of my mouth) (SATB) on their inaugural concert, June 6, 2010, at 3:00 at the Sabes Jewish Community Center in Minneapolis, MN.

A new arrangement of Behold, God Is My Salvation (SATB, brass quintet, timpani and organ) was premiered at St. Paul's Church in Cambridge, MA, on April 25, 2010 by the St. Paul's Parish Adult Choir, The Beacon Brass, James Swist, organ, Jennifer Lester, conductor.

Fanfare, Tango and Fughetta On Hebrew Themes - Carolina Brass - world premiere performance - April 17, 2010, Brass Fest, Gardner-Webb University, Boiling Springs, NC.

Remember for SATB chorus is under contract with Oxford University Press. Publication is tentatively planned for 2010.

February, 2010: In the Shadow of Your Wings for SATB chorus (ECS #7394) was new issued and is now available in-print. Click here to see a PDF of the score and hear a performance by the Philovox Ensemble.

The Lord Is My Shepherd - the strings of The Winchester Orchestra, Henry Mollicone, director - world premiere performance - Dec 12, 2009, West Valley College Theater, Saratoga, California.

October, 2009: Nature for SATB chorus and piano (ECS #7432) was new issued and is now available in-print. Click here to see a PDF of the score and hear a performance by the Philovox Ensemble.

Yih’yu l’ratson (May the words of my mouth) (SATB) - The Brearley Singers, Stephen Black, music director - performance December 4, 2009, The Brearley School, New York, New York.

Nature, a setting of the poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow for SATB chorus and piano composed in 2008, has won a co-first place prize in the 2008-2009 Choral Composition Competition sponsored by The Longfellow Chorus, Charles Kaufmann, director. In addition to a cash award presented to the composer, Nature received its world premiere performances on February 28, 2009 and March 1, 2009, in Portland, Maine. Click here to listen to their performance in MP3 format. Click here to see a PDF of the score and hear a performance by the Philovox Ensemble.

Anim Zemiros (A Hymn of Glory), an original setting of a traditional Hebrew Shabbat prayer for SATB chorus (divisi) unaccompanied composed in 1985, won a third place prize in the 2008 Choral Composition Competition sponsored by The New York Virtuoso Singers, Harold Rosenbaum, conductor. In addition to a cash award that was presented to the composer, Anim Zemiros received its world premiere performance on January 11, 2009, at St. Ignatius Episcopal Church in New York City. Click here and then click on "Listen" on the next page to hear this performance. This recording is used with the kind permission of Harold Rosenbaum. The entire score may be viewed as a PDF.

October, 2008: Two compilation CDs of my music, sacred and secular, spanning the years 1999-2007, are now available from ECS Publishing.

October, 2008: A Prayer for Peace for SATB chorus unaccompanied (ECS #7142) was new issued and is now available in print.