New Publications

MY RED BOOTS (2024) is based on one of only several poems written by my mother, Rita Hoffman of blessed memory (1927–2018). Both she and my late father, Josef Hoffman, were Jewish Holocaust Survivors. My mother’s brief memoirs are housed at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC. I had been trying to […]

Choir Web Design We craft your place Choral Management Series • Spring 2026 Why your social media followers aren’t buying concert tickets The leak is often not on Instagram. It begins after the click. Many choirs are already doing the hard part. They post rehearsal clips, concert visuals, singer spotlights, and invitations to upcoming events. […]

William Billings, America’s first professional composer, set the Lord’s Prayer twice.  In 1770 his tune “Uxbridge” appeared in The New England Psalm Singer.  In 1786 “Kittery” appeared in The Suffolk Harmony.  The first is lyrical, in 3/4 time, while the second is a robust, four-square fuguing tune.  Both were paired with the text “Our Father, […]

Do you love hymns? If you do, here is something for you. I am delighted to announce the publication of my new book of descants, Lift Up Your Voice!, for SATB choirs and congregations. Lift Up Your Voice! is a carefully curated collection of 40 modern hymn descants, written to deepen worship and elevate hymn […]

Le Capriccio Français Summer Music Academy offers a tuition program for singers and students in choral conducting, as well as a choral program, from August 19 to August 25 2026. The Academy takes place in Barcelona (Spain). The students will develop their technical skills together with their stylistic skills on Baroque Music repertoire. Singers, students […]

MusicEase Software recently released the Hymnal for the Elderly, containing 200 new hymns. Hymnal for the Elderly is offered as a companion for worship in later life—whether sung in a full sanctuary, in a small chapel, around a family table, or beside a bed in a quiet room. It is not a hymnal for “lesser” […]