MY RED BOOTS is based on one of only several poems written by my mother, Jewish Holocaust survivor Rita Hoffman of blessed memory (1927–2018). Both she and my late father, Josef Hoffman, were Jewish Holocaust Survivors. My mother’s brief memoirs are housed at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC. I had been trying to hear music for MY RED BOOTS for decades. It is fitting that my muse cooperated with me when I was seeking a text to set to music for the Rocky Mountain...

I created this 54 second piece in a short span of time after watching a bunch of "fail" videos online. I made certain that the bumbling melody and accompaniment are always bumping into each other. This is to reflect the world in which we live where people post videos of themselves falling down stairs, for example. The sound file which is available here https://static.wixstatic.com/mp3/f3e5c9_2d5e005de82147c19b1fcdc252e77f95.mp3 may be freely used for non-monetized “fail videos.” Any monetized...

SABBATH for SSAA Choir and Piano (2026) Composed for the 2026 Springfield Chamber Chorus Composition Contest. Words: © Copyright 2014 by Jerred Metz. www.jerredmetz.com  All rights reserved. Used by permission. Music: © Copyright 2026 by Stanley M. Hoffman. www.stanleymhoffman.com  All rights reserved. The sheet music is available for licensing from me, and for sale from Sheet Music Plus. Sabbath   The still parlor beckons the hours. A scythe rusts in a corner propping a drowsy angel's arm....