Conductor
Jamin Hoffman, CCO Conductor/Arranger
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
As a French 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.
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.
Currently, Mr. Hoffman lives in Milwaukee with his new wife Sandra. In addition to his musical activities, Jamin enjoys spending time with his daughter Mara, reading historical mysteries, spoiling his pets, and cooking.
