Stanley M. Hoffman, Ph.D. - Selected Performances Page

Stanley M. Hoffman, Ph.D.

Composer, Arranger, Editor, Conductor, Baritone, Lecturer

Selected Performances

Arranged by Genre

and From Most Recent to Oldest

Title of Work (Scoring) - Name(s) of Performer(s) - Date(s) of Performance(s) - Venue - Occasion (if any)

Choral - Mixed Chorus

Yih’yu l’ratson (May the words of my mouth) (SATB), A Redlands Camerata, Jeffrey H. Rickard, director, May 2, 2010, Memorial Chapel, University of Redlands, Redlands, California. Click here to hear this performance.

Behold, God Is My Salvation - (arr. for SATB, brass quintet, timpani and organ) - St. Paul's Parish Adult Choir, The Beacon Brass, James Swist, organ, Jennifer Lester, conductor - world premiere performance, April 25, 2010 - St. Paul's Parish, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Click here to hear this performance.

Yih’yu l’ratson (May the words of my mouth) (SATB), Koral Istanbul, Gülsen YAVUZKAL, director, Istanbul, Turkey, 2010 repertoire.

Yih’yu l’ratson (May the words of my mouth) (SATB), The Augustana Choir, Dr. James R. Johnson, director, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, 2009-2010 repertoire.

Psalm 117 - 2009 Florida Music Educators Association All-State Chorus.

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

Psalm 117 (SATB) - St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Community, Matthew S. Sprinkle, director - November 22, 2009, Avondale, Arizona.

Yih'yu l'ratson - (SATB) - Alegria Oda Korosu (Alegria Chamber Choir), M. Inci Tigli, conductor, June 6, 2009, "Two Choirs; Two Cities; Two Concerts Project," Ankara, Turkey.

Nature (SATB & piano) - The Longfellow Chorus, Charles Kaufmann, director - world premiere performances - February 28, 2009, First Parish Church, Portland, Maine, and March 1, 2009, First Congregation Church, South Portland, Maine. Click here to hear a performance by this group. Click here to see a PDF of the score and hear a performance by the Philovox Ensemble.

Anim Zemiros (SATB divisi) - The New York Virtuoso Singers, Harold Rosenbaum, conductor - world premiere performance - January 11, 2009 - St. Ignatius Episcopal Church - 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.

Psalm 117 - 2008 Kentucky Music Educators Association All-State Chorus.

Mi y'maleil (SATB & piano) - New Classic Singers, Lee R. Kesselman, music director, November 1, 2008, McAninch Arts Center, College of DuPage (Glen Ellyn), Illinois.

Yih’yu l’ratson (May the words of my mouth) (SATB), The Rocky Mountain College Choir, Katherine Honaker, director, April 20, 2008, First Presbyterian Church, Billings, Montana.

A Prayer for the World (SATB) - The Cahaba Chorale, Cahaba Valley, Alabama, Dr. Michael Meeks, conductor, November 4, 2007, Temple Emanu-El.

A Prayer for the World (SATB) - The DeKalb Choral Guild, Decatur, Georgia, Bryan F. Black, director of music and conductor, March 24, 2007, Liane Levetan Park at Brook Run, Dunwoody, Georgia.

Land of Crystal Dreams - SATB chorus & percussion - Anchorage Concert Chorus, Grant Cochran, conductor, December 10, 2006, Atwood Concert Hall, Alaska Center for the Performing Arts, Anchorage, Alaska, Corliss Kimmel, glockenspiel, Loy Donaldson, vibraphone, Bob Amos, recording engineer. Click here and then click on "Listen" on the next page to hear this performance. This recording is used with the kind permission of Grant Cochran.

Mi y'maleil - SATB & piano - University Chamber Singers, David Griggs-Janower, conductor, December 3, 2006, SUNY University at Albany, New York.

Yih'yu l'ratson - (SATB) - Alegria Oda Korosu (Alegria Chamber Choir), M. Inci Tigli, conductor, June 21, 2006, Dünya Müzik Günü, Ankara, Turkey.

Alegria Oda Korosu also uses Yih'yu l'ratson as one of their Web site's theme songs, singing the music wordlessly (on a vowel), accompanied by natural sounds (such as bird songs), while images of nature and of the choir are shown.

Mi y'maleil - SATB & piano - Columbine Chorale, Brian Eichenberger, music director, May 21, 2006, St. John's Lutheran Church, Denver, Colorado.

Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen - (music by Gustav Mahler from Lieder nach Ruckert [Soprano & Orchestra], S.M.H., arr.) - SATB & piano - Los Angeles Master Chorale, Grant Gershon, music director, Lisa Edwards, piano, May 21, 2006, Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Yih'yu l'ratson - (SATB) - Philharmonic Chorus of Madison (Wisconsin), Dr. Patrick Gorman, conductor - Tudor Holiday Dinner Concerts 2005, Great Hall in the Wisconsin Union.

Haneirot halalu (T solo, SATB) - Southern Oregon Repertory Singers, Dr. Paul French, director - December 17, 2005, First Presbyterian Church, Medford, Oregon and December 18, 2005, SOU Music Recital Hall, Ashland, Oregon.

Haneirot halalu (T solo, SATB) - Cantemus Chamber Chorus, Gary Wood, music director, December 3, 2005, Christ Church, Hamilton, Massachusetts, December 4, 2005, St. Paul's Church, Newburyport, Massachusetts, December 11, 2005, special performance at Castle Hill, Ipswich, Massachusetts.

A Prayer for the World (SATB) - Universalist Church of West Hartford Adult Parish Choir, Cheryl Wadsworth, music director, October 2, 2005, Universalist Church of West Hartford, Connecticut.

A Prayer for the World (SATB) - First Unitarian Universalist Church Choir, Les Kleen, music director - April 10, 2005, First Unitarian Universalist Church, Columbus, Ohio.

Land of Crystal Dreams (SATB) - The Concord Chorus, Ryan Turner, music director - December 3 and 4, 2004 - Trinity Episcopal Church, Concord, Massachusetts.

Psalm 23 (SATB divisi) - Wellesley Congregational Church Choir, David Carrier, music director- Sunday Worship Service, February 7, 2004, Wellesley Congregational Church, Wellesley, Massachusetts.

Veshameru (SATB & Organ) - Mansfield Chamber Singers, Kenneth Wells, conductor - December 13, 2003, Grace Lutheran Church, Culver City, California.

Yih'yu l'ratson (SATB) - Acalanes High School Music Department, Bruce C. Lengacher, conductor, December 18, 2003, Performing Arts Center, Acalanes High School, Lafayette, California.

Yih'yu l'ratson (SATB) - Ecco (Piedmont Choirs), Robert Geary, artistic director - Candlelight Concert, December 12, 2003, Old First Church, San Francisco, California.

Grant Us Peace (SATB) - Duke University Chapel Service of Worship, October 12, 2003, Durham, North Carolina.

Psalm 117 (SATB) - Fourth Presbyterian Church Choir, John W. W. Sherer, director - July 20, 2003, Fourth Presbyterian Church, Chicago, Illinois.

A Psalm Beyond the Silences (SATB & piano) - Ames Chamber Artists, Marin Jacobson, conductor - May 2, 2003, Elim Lutheran Church, Randall, Iowa, May 4, 2003, 15th Anniversary Concert, First Evangelical Free Church, Ames, Iowa.

Haneirot halalu (T solo, SATB) - The Santa Fe Desert Chorale, Dr. Dennis Shrock, artistic director - December 17, 20, 23, 2002, St. Francis Cathedral, Santa Fe, December 19, 2002, Santa Maria de la Paz Church, Santa Fe, December 21, 2002, St. Michael and All Angels Church, Albuquerque, December 22, 2002, in Las Placitas Presbyterian Church, Placitas.

Haneirot halalu (T solo, SATB) - The Allegheny College Choirs, Dr. Ward Jamison, conductor - Dec. 8, 2002 , Shafer Auditorium, Meadville, Pennsylvania.

Haneirot halalu (T solo, SATB) - Mansfield Chamber Singers, Kenneth Wells, conductor - December 8, 2001, St. Augustine-by-the-Sea Episcopal Church, Santa Monica, California. December 15, 2001, Grace Lutheran Church, Culver City, California.

A Psalm Beyond the Silences (SATB & piano) - Mansfield Chamber Singers, Kenneth Wells, conductor - December 8, 2001, St. Augustine-by-the-Sea Episcopal Church, Santa Monica, California. December 15, 2001, Grace Lutheran Church, Culver City, California.

Haneirot halalu (T solo, SATB) - Camerata Singers, John Koza, conductor - California premiere performance, December 8, 2000 - St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Salinas, California. December 9, 2000 - Carmel Mission, Carmel, California. December 10, 2000 - Mission San Antonio, Jolon, California.

Haneirot halalu (T solo, SATB) - Cantemus Chamber Chorus, John Hoffacker, conductor - Massachusetts premiere performance, December 2, 2000 - Central Congregational Church, Newburyport, Massachusetts. December 3, 2000, Christ Church, Hamilton, Massachusetts.

Psalm 67 (SATB & organ) - St. Paul's Parish Adult Choir, Jennifer Lester, conductor - world premiere performance, March 5, 2000 - St. Paul's Parish, Cambridge, Massachusetts,.

Psalm 121 (SATB divisi) - Seraphim Singers Jennifer Lester, conductor - world premiere performance, November 14, 1999 - United Parish Church, Brookline, Massachusetts.

Choral - Male Chorus

Psalm 117 (TTBB) - The Fourth Presbyterian Church of Chicago - the men of the Morning Choir, John W. W. Sherer, director - July 12, 2009.

Psalm 117 (TTBB) - University of Michigan Men's Glee Club, Ann Arbor, Michigan, Paul Rardin, director - 2005-2006 repertoire. Click here and then click on "Listen" on the next page to hear a performance. This recording is used with the kind permission of Paul Rardin.

Psalm 117 (TTBB) - Viri Animarum - 2004 Piccolo Spoleto Festival, Charleston, South Carolina. - (English, Translation by S.M.H.) - TTBB - 2000 - ECS #5754 - Y. Click here and then click on "Listen" on the next page to hear their performance from the 2004 Piccolo Spoleto Festival, Charleston, South Carolina. This recording is used with the kind permission of Matthew Mehaffey.

A Psalm Beyond the Silences (TTBB & piano) - Richmond Men's Chorus, Timothy Gillham, conductor, Steve Austin, piano - March 16, 2003, First English Evangelical Lutheran Church, Richmond, Virginia. Click here and then click on "Listen" on the next page to hear their performance.

Choral - Treble Chorus

Psalm 117 (SSAA) - Peace College Chamber Singers (Raleigh, NC), James S. Smith, conductor - May 21-June 5, 2007 - European Tour (Spain, France, Italy). Click here to listen to a performance by this group.

"The Lute" from Three Miniatures (SSAA) - Allegheny College Choirs, Dr. Ward Jamison, music director, December 4, 2005, Shafer Auditorium, Meadville, Pennsylvania.

Psalm 117 (SSAA) - Peace College Chamber Singers (Raleigh, NC), James S. Smith, conductor - May 19-30, 2004 - European Tour (France, Belgium, England). Click here to listen to a performance by this group.

There Is a Name (SA chorus & guitar) - Kol Rinah (children's chorus), Audie Bridges, guitar, Charles Osborne, conductor - New England Holocaust Memorial, Boston, Massachusetts- April 27, 2003 - performed at the dedication ceremonies of the Liberator's Monument.

Psalm 117 (SSAA) - Peace College Chamber Singers, James S. Smith, conductor - 2003 - Raleigh, NC. Click here to listen to a performance by this group.

The Writing of Autumn (SA & piano) - New England Conservatory Children's Chorus, Jean Meltaus, conductor - world premiere performance of the treble version, January 27, 2001 - Brown Hall, New England Conservatory of Music, Boston.

There Is a Name (SA chorus & guitar) - Jenny Kowall, Rachel Rosenman, Taylor Webster (children's chorus), William Buonocore, guitar - New England Holocaust Memorial, Boston - world premiere performance, October 22, 1995 - performed before an audience of over 8000 people at the dedication ceremonies of the New England Holocaust Memorial.

Vocal

A Psalm Beyond the Silences (tenor & piano) - Hal Katzman, tenor, Eric Mazonson, piano - Faneuil Hall, Boston - world premiere performance, April 30, 1995 - community-wide Holocaust memorial service.

Of All the Souls that Stand Create - Brandeis University contemporary music ensemble (James Osborne, baritone, Andrew Bonner, piano) - Slosberg Recital Hall, Brandeis University - March 21, 1986.

Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird - Brandeis University contemporary music ensemble (Susan Klebanow, mezzo-soprano, Lisa Crockett, violin, James Cook, violin, Leonard Matczynski, viola, Leslie Svilokos, violoncello, David Hoose, conductor) - Slosberg Recital Hall, Brandeis University - world premiere performance - December 4, 1984.

Orchestral

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.

Wind Ensemble

Selections From The Song Of Songs - (male voice & wind ensemble) - Reading Civic Concert Band, Lucinda Ellert, conductor - world premiere performance, March 11, 2006, Parker Middle School Auditorium, Reading, Massachusetts - Hal Katzman, tenor soloist. Click here to watch and listen to this performance. This file is in FLV format so you will need a player which supports it. This film is used by permission of Lucinda Ellert, Philip Rushworth (Executive Director of Reading Community TV) and Hal Katzman. (Disclaimers: A relatively brief digital error exists in the movie which was retained (rather than eliminated) in favor of presenting as much of the missing music as possible. The baritone saxophone part was not covered in this performance.)

Kumee Lach, the first of three songs from Selections From The Song Of Songs - (male voice & wind ensemble) - Metropolitan Wind Symphony, David Martins, conductor - world premiere performance, November 10, 1996 - Tsai Performance Center, Boston University- Stanley M. Hoffman, baritone soloist.

Large Chamber Ensemble

Nocturne for Nine Players - University of Missouri-Columbia contemporary music ensemble - April 1, 1995 - New Music Festival.

Nocturne for Nine Players (doctoral dissertation composition) - Brandeis University contemporary music ensemble (Christine Fish [Moulton], flute, Suellen Hershman, flute, Kathy Halvorson, oboe, Katherine Matasy, clarinet, Gregory Newton, bassoon, Robert Marlatt, horn, Jean Rife, horn, Ruth Emanuel Maffa, harp, Michael Parola, percussion, Adam Grossman, guest conductor) - Slosberg Recital Hall, Brandeis University - world premiere performance, December 6, 1992.

Small Chamber Ensemble

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

A Pacific Prelude (brass quintet) - Prism Brass Quintet - world premiere performance, February 4, 2001 - Kilbourn Hall, Eastman School of Music, Rochester, New York. February 10, 2001, Concert Hall, Clarence Smith Performing Arts Center, University of Maryland - dedication ceremonies of the new Concert Hall. Click here and then click on "Listen" on the next page to hear a performance by this group. The entire score may be viewed as a PDF.

Trio In One Movement - ALEA III contemporary music ensemble, (Diane Heffner, clarinet, Bina Breitner, viola, Mark Simcox, violoncello, Theodore Antoniou, Music Director) - world premiere performance - February 7, 1996, Tsai Performance Center, Boston University.

String Quartet (1987) (standard) - Boston Composers String Quartet - Jordan Hall, New England Conservatory of Music, Boston - January 29, 1989. Weill Recital Hall, Carnegie Hall, New York City - February 12, 1989.

Poem and Lamentations (violin & piano) - Brandeis University contemporary music ensemble (Judith Eissenberg, violin, David Kopp, piano) - Slosberg Recital Hall, Brandeis University - world premiere performance November 21, 1987.

Organ Solo

Variations on "Dank sei dir, Herr" (organ manuals) - Carson P. Cooman, July 6, 2008, The Memorial Church, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Intermezzo - Carson P. Cooman - organ recital, May 12, 2004, Memorial Church, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Piano Solo

Cycles (piano solo) - Laura Bell, piano - Brown Hall, New England Conservatory of Music - April 17, 1984.