HOPE HOFFMAN

VOCALS / VIOLIN / FIDDLE

SOLOIST

ENSEMBLE LEADER

COMPOSER

ACCOMPANIST

TRADITIONAL & ORIGINAL

LIVE RECORDINGS

TEACHER

Link here to [weddings & events info/samples]

Waltzes and gentle folk melodies, as well as lively Celtic, Old-time/Southern, French Canadian, and Scandinavian fiddle tunes for all types of events. Original compositions add a unique wealth of material, in a traditional style.

I'm sensitive and experienced at playing music for theater productions, and can find the right sorts of tunes for a particular time and place.

My fiddle has a pleasant, clear tone, so it can fit into a calm atmosphere; or if the occasion calls for it, the fiddle can carry rollicking dance tunes over a long distance. My viola has a rich, colorful tone and cello-like projection.

I sing a cappella and also accompany myself on guitar.

I can sight-read sheet music and also learn by ear, and am very comfortable improvising.

I've performed and recorded tracks with singers and bands backing up their vocals, and enjoy doing that very much.

[ Link to Online Booking Form for Event Planners ]

Recordings:

2010, Field Recordings at Maine Dance Halls

2010, Live, Original Fiddle with Kittlish Trio

2010, Traditional Irish Instrumentals

2007, Live, Original Maine Fiddle

Composing:

My original fiddle tunes can be licensed with a contract for recording and other media projects

Listen to audio of newly composed folk melodies

Free printable tunebook of all original tunes

Hope Hoffman & Putnam Smith playing Hope's new old-time compositions "Bed of Coals" & "The Old Bow"

Reviews:

Concerts of country duet singing & backup fiddling

CD of traditional Irish instrumentals

Live CD & performances of Maine dance tune compositions

Solo fiddle & ballad singing

Parent-child creative folk dance with live music

Press kit & photos:

www.hopehoffman.org/presskit.htm

Weddings & events samples/info/booking

Teaching:

Online lesson inquiry form

Fiddle & violin teaching

Audio samples:

Weddings & events

Irish instrumentals

Barn dance fiddle

Solo vocal and banjo

Accompaniment for vocalist

Southern songs

With Putnam Smith, "Fly Around"

Video samples:

Fiddling for a contra dance at Colby College

Singing & fiddling with Jim Tolles "Another Way" & "June Apple"

Improvising backup for "Barbara Allen" at the Mutineers' CD release concert.

Performance résumé:

A sampling of my professional music experience since 2001

[Link to All Hope's Bands & Ensembles]

Photo by Ron St. Jean