I have been named a winner of the Renée B. Fisher Composer Awards for 2027 – A Program of the Neighborhood Music School, New Haven, Connecticut. In addition to receiving a cash award, the composer will attend the premiere performance of the winning piano piece currently titled "I’m in the Mood for Hungarian Two," at the winners concert on May 1, 2027.

A DREAM (SATB Chorus [divisi] and Piano or Orchestra) - Scrolling Score Video of the Piano/Choral Score [ https://youtu.be/HJj1w5_SqeY](https://youtu.be/HJj1w5_SqeY) A DREAM (SATB Chorus [divisi] and Piano or Orchestra) - Scrolling Score Video of the Full Score [ https://youtu.be/kZ70D3tLl_U](https://youtu.be/kZ70D3tLl_U) — Program Notes: The fact that the text for this work even exists is a miracle. It was written by Abraham ("Abramek") Koplowicz, a Jewish boy who was exterminated by the...

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...