Jamin
Hoffman, CCO Conductor/Arranger
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Jamin Hoffman has had
an extensive career as a conductor, serving for thirteen
years as the Resident and Assistant Conductor for the
Milwaukee Ballet (1989-2002), Conductor of the University
of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s University Community
Orchestra (1993-2003), and as Orchestra Director at
Nicolet High School since August of 2002. Mr. Hoffman
was appointed the Conductor of the Concord Chamber Orchestra
beginning with the 2004-05 season. |
As Resident Conductor of the Milwaukee Ballet,
Mr. Hoffman led the Milwaukee Ballet Orchestra in performances
of many great masterworks to critical acclaim. He has conducted
such works as Carl Orff's Carmina Burana (with the
Milwaukee Symphony Chorus), Mozart’s Requiem
(with the Bel Canto Chorus), Tchaikovsky’s Swan
Lake, Sleeping Beauty, The Nutcracker,
and Anna Karenina, Sergei Prokofiev’s Romeo
and Juliet and Cinderella, Igor Stravinsky's
The Firebird, Paul Chihara's The Tempest,
Aaron Copland’s Billy the Kid and Appalachian
Spring, Léon Minkus’ Don Quixote,
and Bela Bartok's Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celeste
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horn player, Mr. Hoffman has performed regularly with
the Waukesha Symphony and the Concord Chamber Orchestra
since moving to Milwaukee in 1988. Even before taking
his current position at Nicolet High School, Mr. Hoffman
was active as an educator, giving in-school performances,
presentations, and lecture/demonstrations throughout southeast
Wisconsin. He is also an editor and published arranger
of educational music for Hal Leonard Music Publishing,
with nearly twenty published arrangements. Rounding out
his musical activities, Mr. Hoffman served as the President
of the Board for the Concord Chamber Orchestra from 1997
to 2001. |
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A native of Mobile, Alabama, Mr. Hoffman
received his undergraduate degree from the University of Southern
Mississippi (USM). While at USM he studied conducting with
Dr. Joe Barry Mullins, horn with Dennis Behm and composition
with Luigi Zaninelli. After graduation, Mr. Hoffman was a
music educator and regularly performed with four regional
orchestras in Alabama, Mississippi, and Florida. He received
his Master's degree from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee,
where he studied conducting with Margery Deutsch and horn
with Barry Benjamin.
Mr. Hoffman lives
in Thiensville, Wisconsin, with his wife Michelle and daughter
Mara. In addition to his musical activities, Mr. Hoffman enjoys
spending time with his family, cooking, reading mysteries,
and spoiling his cats.
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