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A DREAM (SATB Chorus [divisi] and Piano or Orchestra) - Scrolling Score Video of the Piano/Choral Score https://youtu.be/HJj1w5_SqeY A...

Composed for Drew Joseph Hosler in 2023, MARKING TIME is a fun, “athletic” piece for tenor saxophone solo. Loosely speaking, this work...

I believe every classical composer should consider writing their own "Adagio for Strings" (think Samuel Barber) for themselves and for...

I just completed what might be the most beautiful piece of music I will ever compose: Pasacalle Triste (Sad Passacaglia) for String...

WIND ENSEMBLE DIRECTORS: just a reminder about this piece. It's not often that you get to perform with vocalists. Please consider it for...

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Here is link to a YouTube video of my complete published harp music compositions as of 2023 Album Leaf Nos. 1, 2, and 3 (Harp Solo) Three...

Here is a link to all of my published secular choral compositions in one music video on YouTube as of 2023. A Prayer for the World (SATB)...

Here is link to a video of my complete published sacred choral music compositions on YouTube as of 2023; all performances are live: A...

Here is link to a video of my complete published sacred choral psalm settings on YouTube as of 2023; all performances are live. Psalm 1...

222 YouTube music videos and counting. Click on the link to discover new music. https://youtube.com/@StanleyMHoffman?si=IyfFbrJUQ6eZHPU7

One of the saddest and most remarkable love songs of all time, "From Silent Night" by John Dowland is newly arranged here with Alto,...

To the best of my knowledge, this lovely, brief composition/love song which was published by ECS Publishing in 1999, has yet to be...

I am pleased to announce that Carolina Brass is once again performing my composition Fanfare, Tango, and Fughetta on Hebrew Themes which...

Elegy on "In Paradisum" (Organ Solo) Arranged for String Orchestra (Version for organ solo composed for Carson Cooman in memory of Ronald...

I have long had a fondness for the songs of Charles Ives whose music is in the Public Domain for the world as of 2024. Creating choral...

Organization of the Boston Secular Chorus is on indefinite hold due to circumstances beyond the control of its founder.

These post-pandemic times require a different way of thinking about everything. While I try to bring the Boston Secular Chorus from...

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I will keep on trying to bring together the Boston Secular Chorus either until I am blue in the face from talking about it or until I am...