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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...

Dedicated to apathetic people everywhere: "I don’t know. I don’t care." Mobile for SATB Chorus unaccompanied Music by STANLEY M. HOFFMAN...

A great piece to program as a service prelude when doing the small version of the Duruflé Requiem (which is just strings, and a couple...

Just completed - three arrangements of the Italian folk song Separazione (Parting). Arranged for SATB Chorus & Piano,...

Just completed - Contrasts  (Homage to Béla Bartók) Fantasypiece for Viola Duet, ca. 8:35. This title is composed for a call for scores....

I have long wanted to compose an homage to Jean Sibelius. However, his music is copyright protected in the EU for another five years or...

Just completed: HOMAGE TO SIBELIUS, a neo-romantic work for chamber orchestra (Swan of Tuonela scoring + 2 flutes), ca. 11:30. I have yet...

I truly do not do politics publicly online anymore and never will again as I have been far too unjustly stigmatized because of my...

I recently completed work on orchestrating the second of the six vocal quartets of Johannes Brahms, Nächtens. I completed work on the...

Johannes Brahms Op. 112 (Published 1891) Six Quartets 1. Sehnsucht (Longing) Arranged for SATB Chorus and Orchestra by Stanley M. Hoffman...

Homage to Bach 7 Variations for Harpsichord and Chamber Orchestra after Prelude in C Minor (BWV 999) - ca. 12 minutes Prelude...

My composition THE CAPTAIN'S DAUGHTER (On the Water) for mixed chorus and piano now has a dramatic new version with orchestral...

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Dormiva dolcemente (Giovanni Gabrieli) for 2 brass quartets, then as reimagined by Stanley M Hoffman Arranged for Double Brass Quartet....

I guess he likes it! Details regarding a premiere performance and subsequent score availability to follow later on. #DrewJosephHosler...

Just completed: MARKING TIME for Tenor Saxophone Solo: 3:00. The player for whom I composed it is looking it over right now.