Land of Crystal Dreams for SATB Chorus and optional Percussion (Glockenspiel and Vibraphone) Music by Stanley M. Hoffman (2002) Words by Erica L. Hoffman Performed by The Philovox Ensemble Jennifer Lester, conductor (unaccompanied performance) ...  moreLand of Crystal Dreams for SATB Chorus and optional Percussion (Glockenspiel and Vibraphone) Music by Stanley M. Hoffman (2002) Words by Erica L. Hoffman Performed by The Philovox Ensemble Jennifer Lester, conductor (unaccompanied performance) Music: © Copyright 2004 by Ione Press, Inc., a division of ECS Publishing. www.ecspublishing.com All rights reserved. used by permission. Words: © Copyright by Erica L. Hoffman. Adapted and used by permission. Recording: © Copyright 2004 by ECS Publishing. www.ecspublishing.com All rights reserved.  us().style.display='';$(this).getParent().style.display='none';">less

MY RED BOOTS for mixed chorus: world premiere recording performed by members of the Rocky Mountain Chamber Choir - Virtual Singers. MY RED BOOTS is based on one of only several poems written by my mother, Jewish Holocaust survivor Rita Hoffman of bless...  moreMY RED BOOTS for mixed chorus: world premiere recording performed by members of the Rocky Mountain Chamber Choir - Virtual Singers. MY RED BOOTS is based on one of only several poems written by my mother, Jewish Holocaust survivor 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 have been trying to hear music for MY RED BOOTS for decades. it is fitting that my muse cooperated with me when I was seeking a text to set to music for the Rocky Mountain Chamber Choir’s 2024 call for scores, because global anti-Semitism has not been this rampant since the 1930s. During the events of October 7, 2023 in Israel, "Babies were taken from their mother's arms" just as in my mother's poem. Those with a conscience in the world must keep this evil from "happening again, and again, and again!" MY RED BOOTS My red boots and ruby earrings were s...    us().style.display='';$(this).getParent().style.display='none';">less

The Promise of Liberty written by Greg Bartholomew was performed on May 2, 2013, at the Racine Unified School District's Horlick Area Choir Festival. Horlick High School, Gilmore Middle School, McKinley Middle School, Olympia Brown Elementary, Gifford El...  moreThe Promise of Liberty written by Greg Bartholomew was performed on May 2, 2013, at the Racine Unified School District's Horlick Area Choir Festival. Horlick High School, Gilmore Middle School, McKinley Middle School, Olympia Brown Elementary, Gifford Elementary, Winslow Elementary, Wadewitz Elementary and AppleChor from Red Apple Elementary combined to sing it as the Finale to the festival. There were about 280 children involved. The Directors: Ellen Christensen-Horlick, Keri Bieri-Gilmore, Rob Kroes-McKinley, Anne Mollerskov-Olympia Brown, Jessica Knierim-Gifford and Jack Senzig-Red Apple Greg Bartholomew's piece can be found on his website: http://www.gregbartholomew.com/libertindex.html  us().style.display='';$(this).getParent().style.display='none';">less

The Scattered Leaves (a piece for Jewish Holocaust remembrance) for SATB Chorus and Piano Music by Stanley M. Hoffman (1995, arr. 2005) Words by Joseph H. Albeck (1995) The Philovox Ensemble Jane Ring Frank, conductor Scott Nicholas, piano Music...  moreThe Scattered Leaves (a piece for Jewish Holocaust remembrance) for SATB Chorus and Piano Music by Stanley M. Hoffman (1995, arr. 2005) Words by Joseph H. Albeck (1995) The Philovox Ensemble Jane Ring Frank, conductor Scott Nicholas, piano Music: © Copyright 2007 by Ione Press, Inc., a division of ECS Publishing. www.ecspublishing.com All rights reserved. ECS Publishing Catalog No. 6842. used by permission. "We, the living" by Joseph H. Albeck, © Copyright 1995 by Joseph H. Albeck All rights reserved. used by permission. Recording © Copyright 2007 by ECS Publishing. www.ecspublishing.com All rights reserved. used by permission.  us().style.display='';$(this).getParent().style.display='none';">less