Stanley Hoffman

Stanley M. Hoffman was born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1959. He has lived in the greater Boston area since 1977. Dr. Hoffman received degrees in Composition from Brandeis University (Ph.D. 1993), the New England Conservatory of Music (M.M. 1984), and the Boston Conservatory (B.M. Cum Laude 1981). He was presented with the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award by Marquis Who’s Who in 2018 for his achievements as a music editor (now Senior Editor) with ECS Publishing Group since 1998. Marquis Who’s Who also named him as a Top Executive in 2018 for that reason. Dr. Hoffman’s updated bio will be published by Marquis Who’s Who in 2019. The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians published by Oxford University Press will soon include an entry for him for his achievements as a composer. Predicted publication of this entry, which was written by Byron Adams, is 2019–20.
Dr. Hoffman’s accomplishments as a composer include having his flute duet, Arirang Variations, receive a world premiere performance on a program in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on April 12, 2015, by bass flute players Peter Sheridan and Judy Diez d’Aux in a concert was sponsored by the Toronto-based music organization Flute Street. Peter Sheridan also commissioned Prelude and Fughetta for alto flute and organ and gave the premiere performance of this work on May 3, 2015, in St. Patrick, Mentone, VIC, Australia, with organist Christopher Trikilis. Mr. Sheridan also recorded the flute duets Meditations and Memories which appears on the CD Monologues and Dialogues recorded on the Australian label MOVE Records (Catalogue Number: MD 3349), and Arirang Variations which appears on the CD Continental Drift, also recorded on MOVE Records (Catalogue Number: MD 3403). The individual tracks are available on iTunes.
His compositions Crimson Sunset for organ solo, Album Leaf for harp solo, Variant on “Battle Cry of Freedom” for wind quintet, Get me a rag! Just a minute… for piano solo and Limericks and Laughter Thereafter for clarinet solo, were chosen for performance by David Bohn, Jasmin Cowin, the West Point Woodwind Quintet, Shiau-uen Ding and Bruce Curlette, respectively, in the 2012 and 2011 call for scores known as “15-Minutes-of-Fame” by the Composer’s Voice Concert Series in New York City. His piece The Monkey (a.k.a. Capricorn) for clarinet, violin and piano was selected to be part of the 12-movement work Zodiac: Across the Universe which was premiered in China as part of The Zodiac Trio’s 10-concert tour, which took place during November 2013. Dr. Hoffman won a co-first place prize in the 2008–09 Longfellow Chorus International Composition Competition for his setting of the Longfellow poem Nature. He won a third-place prize in the 2008 Choral Composition Competition sponsored by The New York Virtuoso Singers for his piece Anim Zemiros for SATB chorus.
In 2008, Dr. Hoffman received a commission from Carolina Brass for Fanfare, Tango and Fughetta on Hebrew Themes. Grant Us Peace for SATB chorus received an “Honors” citation in 2002 in the Waging Peace Through Singing project sponsored by iwagepeace.com. The first song from his song cycle Selections From “The Song of Songs” for male voice and wind ensemble received a 1996 premiere performance from the Metropolitan Wind Symphony; Dr. Hoffman was the vocalist. He received a 1995 commission from the ALEA III contemporary music ensemble for his composition Trio in One Movement for clarinet, viola and violoncello. His piece There Is a Name for SA chorus and amplified classical guitar was performed before an audience of over 8000 people at the dedication ceremonies of the New England Holocaust Memorial in Boston on October 22, 1995. Dr. Hoffman’s composition String Quartet (1987) was performed by the Boston Composers String Quartet at Jordan Hall in Boston on January 29, 1989. This piece was also performed by them in the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, New York City on February 12, 1989. He received a 1984–85 Broadcast Music Incorporated (BMI) Award to Student Composers for his composition Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird.
Dr. Hoffman also works as a conductor, vocalist and lecturer. He is Senior Editor at ECS Publishing Group where he has been an editor since 1998, and is the Founding Music Director of The Temple Israel of Natick Singers.

Stanley M. Hoffman was born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1959. He has lived in the greater Boston area since 1977. Dr. Hoffman received degrees in Composition from Brandeis University (Ph.D. 1993), the New England Conservatory of Music (M.M. 1984), and the Boston Conservatory (B.M. Cum Laude 1981). He was presented with the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award by Marquis Who’s Who in 2018 for his achievements as a music editor (now Senior Editor) with ECS Publishing Group since 1998. Marquis Who’s Who also named him as a Top Executive in 2018 for that reason. Dr. Hoffman’s updated bio will be published by Marquis Who’s Who in 2019. The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians published by Oxford University Press will soon include an entry for him for his achievements as a composer. Predicted publication of this entry, which was written by Byron Adams, is 2019–20.
Dr. Hoffman’s accomplishments as a composer include having his flute duet, Arirang Variations, receive a world premiere performance on a program in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on April 12, 2015, by bass flute players Peter Sheridan and Judy Diez d’Aux in a concert was sponsored by the Toronto-based music organization Flute Street. Peter Sheridan also commissioned Prelude and Fughetta for alto flute and organ and gave the premiere performance of this work on May 3, 2015, in St. Patrick, Mentone, VIC, Australia, with organist Christopher Trikilis. Mr. Sheridan also recorded the flute duets Meditations and Memories which appears on the CD Monologues and Dialogues recorded on the Australian label MOVE Records (Catalogue Number: MD 3349), and Arirang Variations which appears on the CD Continental Drift, also recorded on MOVE Records (Catalogue Number: MD 3403). The individual tracks are available on iTunes.
His compositions Crimson Sunset for organ solo, Album Leaf for harp solo, Variant on “Battle Cry of Freedom” for wind quintet, Get me a rag! Just a minute… for piano solo and Limericks and Laughter Thereafter for clarinet solo, were chosen for performance by David Bohn, Jasmin Cowin, the West Point Woodwind Quintet, Shiau-uen Ding and Bruce Curlette, respectively, in the 2012 and 2011 call for scores known as “15-Minutes-of-Fame” by the Composer’s Voice Concert Series in New York City. His piece The Monkey (a.k.a. Capricorn) for clarinet, violin and piano was selected to be part of the 12-movement work Zodiac: Across the Universe which was premiered in China as part of The Zodiac Trio’s 10-concert tour, which took place during November 2013. Dr. Hoffman won a co-first place prize in the 2008–09 Longfellow Chorus International Composition Competition for his setting of the Longfellow poem Nature. He won a third-place prize in the 2008 Choral Composition Competition sponsored by The New York Virtuoso Singers for his piece Anim Zemiros for SATB chorus.
In 2008, Dr. Hoffman received a commission from Carolina Brass for Fanfare, Tango and Fughetta on Hebrew Themes. Grant Us Peace for SATB chorus received an “Honors” citation in 2002 in the Waging Peace Through Singing project sponsored by iwagepeace.com. The first song from his song cycle Selections From “The Song of Songs” for male voice and wind ensemble received a 1996 premiere performance from the Metropolitan Wind Symphony; Dr. Hoffman was the vocalist. He received a 1995 commission from the ALEA III contemporary music ensemble for his composition Trio in One Movement for clarinet, viola and violoncello. His piece There Is a Name for SA chorus and amplified classical guitar was performed before an audience of over 8000 people at the dedication ceremonies of the New England Holocaust Memorial in Boston on October 22, 1995. Dr. Hoffman’s composition String Quartet (1987) was performed by the Boston Composers String Quartet at Jordan Hall in Boston on January 29, 1989. This piece was also performed by them in the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, New York City on February 12, 1989. He received a 1984–85 Broadcast Music Incorporated (BMI) Award to Student Composers for his composition Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird.
Dr. Hoffman also works as a conductor, vocalist and lecturer. He is Senior Editor at ECS Publishing Group where he has been an editor since 1998, and is the Founding Music Director of The Temple Israel of Natick Singers.

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