| new piece |
| Thu, Dec. 3 2009 |
| JH has just completed "...the first time and the last", a 20' work for four cellos. This piece was commissioned by the Washington, DC-based group "Four in Correspondence" and will be performed at a time/place to be announced soon. |
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| competition win |
| Thu, Nov. 12 2009 |
| JH was named winner of the Areon International Composition Competition today! The prize includes a commission for a new flute trio which will be performed by Areon Flutes on 1 May, 2010. |
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| mp3s |
| Fri, Jun. 5 2009 |
| The audio files for "unaccompanied minor" and "square one" have been restored. The mp3 file of "The Forty Steps" is also now available (MIDI file). |
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| Summer course in Croatia: photos |
| Mon, Apr. 27 2009 |
| On the gallery page there are many new photos of last year's course. This year's course application deadline is 22 May. |
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| Summer course in Croatia |
| Tue, Apr. 14 2009 |
| 6th annual composition course as part of the “UPBEAT” International Summer Music School in the town of Milna on the beautiful Adriatic island of Brac in Croatia. The dates of the course are 17 through 26 July.
Details of this and the other courses can be found by clicking on “programme” from the menu items on the home page. Scroll down for the composition program. |
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| JH pieces chosen for Klein Competition in San Francisco |
| Fri, Nov. 14 2008 |
| Four solo pieces of JH--one each for violin, viola, cello and bass will be among the repertoire for the 2009 edition of the Irving M Klein String Competition in June in San Francisco, CA. The pieces will be performed by semi-finalists and finalists in the competition. JH will also be a member of the competition jury. For information on the competition, see:
http://www.kleincompetition.org/ |
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| New CD |
| Mon, Oct. 27 2008 |
| Andrea Ceccomori (flute) and Elitza Harbova (piano) have released a collection of American Flute and Piano music, including JH's "Blue and Yellow" The recording is on the VDM label in Italy: http://www.vdmrecords.com |
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| New CD |
| Tue, Oct. 21 2008 |
| A new CD entitled "Self-Portrait" has just been released on Albany Records. There are four works of JH: "Sonata for Cello and Piano", "unaccompanied minor" for cello solo, "Self-Portrait with Gebirtig" for cello and orchestra and "Karptet" for string trio and 2 pianos. The musicians include cellists Parry Karp and Gary Hoffman, pianist and violinist Christopher Karp, violist Katrin Talbot and pianists Frances and Howard Karp. See details on the "recordings" page. http://www.albanyrecords.com/ |
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| Music09 |
| Wed, Sep. 17 2008 |
| The Music09 festival has been relocated to the Hindemith Foundation in Blonay, Switzerland. The dates of Music09 will be 22 June through 3 July, 2009. Complete information will be available later at: http://www.ccm.uc.edu/musicx/index.html |
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| new commission |
| Thu, Jul. 17 2008 |
| JH has been commissioned to write a cello quartet for the Washington-based group "Four in Correspondence", all members of the National Symphony Orchestra. The new piece will be performed in the fall of '09. |
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| 2 new items |
| Thu, Jul. 17 2008 |
| ...have been added: An MP3 clip of "Blue and Yellow" for flute and piano (in a wonderful performance by Leah Arsenault and Shiau-uen Ding); and a score excerpt of "Cadenza e Finale RMV", the final variation of the "Round Midnight Variations", a unique set of variations each written by a different composer and including variations by Frederic Rzewski, John Harbison, Milton Babbitt, George Crumb, Michael Torke, Michael Daugherty and many others. The complete set will be recorded soon by Italian pianist Emanuele Arciuli. |
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| new commission |
| Mon, Jun. 23 2008 |
| JH has been commissioned by "Sunday Afternoons of Music" in Miami, Florida to write a work for cellist Gary Hoffman and the Amernet String Quartet. The piece is scheduled to be performed late in 2009. |
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| new commission |
| Fri, Apr. 11 2008 |
| JH has been commissioned by RAI Trade of Rome, Italy to write a piece for piano quartet commemorating the 200th birthday of Robert Schumann (1810-1856). The work will be musically linked with Schumann's Piano Quartet in E-flat, op. 47. This piece will be recorded with other Hoffman works for a CD release in 2010. |
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| New composition course in Brac, Croatia |
| Wed, Jan. 30 2008 |
| In July, 2008 JH will be leading a composition course as part of the "UPBEAT" International Summer Music School in the town of Milna on the beautiful Adriatic island of Brac, Croatia. The dates of the course are 1 through 11 July. For a complete description of activities and events, please go to http://public.srce.hr/hdgp/upbeat/
Go to "Programme", scroll down to the Composition Course and click on "Composition" |
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| new CD release of "Fantasy Pieces" |
| Fri, Jan. 11 2008 |
Gasparo Records has just released an album of American piano music played by James Tocco. The CD includes works by Foss, Heiden, Downey and JH's "Fantasy Pieces". This disc can be found at all major internet suppliers as well as directly from Gasparo Records at
http://www.gasparo.com |
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| Music08 |
| Mon, Dec. 31 2007 |
JH is the Artistic Director of Music08, an annual festival of new music at the University of Cincinnati's College-Conservatory of Music. The dates of Music08 are 15 through 22 June. Principal guest composers are Steve Reich, Jack Body and Frederic Rzewski. Please go to
http://www.ccm.uc.edu/musicx/index.html |
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| new MP3 of "Karptet" |
| Sat, Aug. 4 2007 |
| "Karptet" was recently recorded by the Karp family for an upcoming CD release. You can hear a 6' excerpt by going to the "works" page. |
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| new commission |
| Wed, May. 9 2007 |
| JH has been commissioned to write a piece for the Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra, Misha Santora, Music Director for the 08-09 season. Details later. |
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| youtube video: "Three Oranges" |
| Wed, May. 9 2007 |
| There is a really nice video of "Three Oranges" on youtube with Benjamin Hoffman and Christian Smith. This link brings you to the third movement, and the other two are available as well (you'll see them listed in youtube nearby) |
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| new commissions |
| Thu, Oct. 12 2006 |
| JH has just been commissioned to write four solo pieces--one each for violin, viola, cello and double bass--as part of the 2007 Irving M Klein String Competition in San Francisco, CA. The pieces will be performed by participants in the competition. For information on the competition, see:
www.kleincompetition.org/index.html |
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| Piano Trios CD just released |
| Fri, Sep. 8 2006 |
| On 1 September, Albany Records released "Joel Hoffman: Three Piano Trios". Howard, Frances, Christopher and Parry Karp are the superb musicians performing on this disc, which is available from most distributors as well as directly from Albany Records: http://www.albanyrecords.com/ |
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| new commission |
| Sat, Sep. 2 2006 |
| JH has been commissioned to write a concerto for oud, cello and orchestra. The soloists will be Arab-Israeli oud player Taiseer Elias and Israeli cellist Uri Vardi. The first performances are scheduled for March 2008 with the Madison (WI) Symphony Orchestra, John DeMain conductor. |
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| new commission |
| Thu, Oct. 20 2005 |
| JH has just been commissioned by Christopher Karp to write a work for violin, viola, cello and four-hand piano. This is the third in a series of works commissioned by Karp (the others are Piano Trios 2 and 3) for concerts by members of the Karp family, pianists Howard and Frances Karp, cellist Parry Karp and violinist Chrikstopher Karp. |
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| new CD |
| Fri, Oct. 7 2005 |
There are now two recordings of "Self-Portrait with Gebirtig"; the second CD is a performance by cellist Milan Hudnik with the Slovenian Radio Orchestra of Lubliana, Slovenia. The web site for the label is:
http://www.rtvslo.si/simfoniki/diskografija.phpDetails on the "recordings" page. |
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| Aleksander Tansman Competition |
| Sun, Aug. 28 2005 |
JH has been selected, along with Krzysztof Penderecki, Heinz Holliger, Michael Nyman and others, to participate as a member of the jury of the Aleksander Tansman International Composition Competition to be held in Lodz, Poland in October, 2006. The head of the jury is distinguished Polish composer Zygmunt Krause.
Details:
http://www.tansman.lodz.pl |
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| new commission |
| Sun, Aug. 28 2005 |
JH has been commissioned by WGUC-FM in Cincinnati to write "String Quartet no. 4" for the Athenaeum Quartet, which is composed of four members of the Berlin Philharmonic. The new piece will be performed in Berlin, Cincinnati, and in various venues in Italy. The commission is sponsored by Cincinnati resident Stanley Troup
http://www.berlin-philharmonic.com/de/kammermusik/ |
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| new commissions |
| Tue, Mar. 1 2005 |
| JH is currently working on three new commissions: a new work for the premiere new music ensemble eighth blackbird, commissioned by the University of Cincinnati; a new work for the Amernet String Quartet, commissioned by the Caramoor Festival of New York; a new work for men's choir and two harps to be performed by the Washington (DC) Camerata, commissioned by James Pinkerton. |
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