Music Director Jamin Hoffman

Jamin Hoffman has had an extensive career as a conductor, serving for thirteen years as the Assistant and then Resident Conductor for the Milwaukee Ballet (1989-2002), as Conductor of UW-Milwaukee’s University Community Orchestra (1992-2003), and as Orchestra Director at Nicolet High School since August of 2002. Jamin was appointed the Conductor of the Concord Chamber Orchestra in August of 2004.

As Resident Conductor of the Milwaukee Ballet, Jamin led the Milwaukee Ballet Orchestra in performances of many great masterworks to critical acclaim, including 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, and Igor Stravinsky’s The Firebird.

Jamin is an editor and published arranger of educational music for Hal Leonard Music Publishing, with over 40 published arrangements.

A native of Mobile, Alabama, Jamin received his undergraduate degree from the University of Southern Mississippi (USM). He received his Master’s degree from UW-Milwaukee.

Currently, Jamin lives in Glendale with his wife Sandra. In addition to his musical activities, Jamin enjoys spending time with his daughter Mara, cooking, reading historical mysteries, and spoiling his pets.

Assistant Conductor Dayvin Hallmon

Before he could speak, Dayvin M.A. Hallmon showed an awareness and love of music. He began taking piano lessons at the age of five. Later, he learned the clarinet and saxophone and then began studying the violin and viola. At home in both the gospel and western classical music traditions, Dayvin was Assistant Concertmaster of the Church of God In Christ International Orchestra for seven years.

Due to the unique lineage of Dayvin’s teachers, he is the musical “grandchild” of Jascha Heifetz, Dr. Thomas Dorsey, and Dr. Mattie Moss Clark. He draws from those backgrounds and traditions for building ensembles in churches and helping congregations craft a strategic vision for their music ministry.

Dayvin was born in Chicago, grew up in Racine, and lives in Milwaukee. He is the founder and Music Director of The Black String Triage Ensemble. In addition to playing at the scene of shootings and sites of civil unrest to keep the peace, the organization includes The Black Diaspora Symphony Orchestra. In January 2023, he became the assistant conductor for the Concord Chamber Orchestra.