Joel Hoffman is a composer from Cincinnati, OH (originally from Vancouver). While at MacDowell, he worked on two string quartets. He was also awarded a residency at the Aaron Copland house, where he continued composition projects.
Joel Hoffman
Disciplines:
Music Composition
Disciplines:
Music Composition
Based in La Grange, KY
Residencies: 1987, 1988, 2011
More:
joelhoffman.net
Studios
MacDowell
Joel Hoffman worked in the MacDowell studio.
Built in 1912, Pine Studio was renamed MacDowell Studio in 1943 in recognition of support from a group of Edward MacDowell’s music students. It was built as a composers’ studio and the stuccoed walls were intended to be soundproof. Like many of the studios on property, MacDowell was winterized in the…