Christopher Hossfeld’s compositions have been performed at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, the Kennedy Center, the Toronto Music Garden, Jordan Hall, and at Yale and Harvard Universities. He has received commissions from the Rosetta Trio, the Cantata Singers of Ottawa, and the Grammy-nominated string orchestra A Far Cry. In 1998, he was the only composer of twenty Presidential Scholars in the Arts.
Hossfeld earned a Master’s degree in Choral Conducting from the Yale School of Music and a Bachelor’s in Music Composition from Harvard University, where he was a recipient of the Louis Sudler Award, given to a graduating student for excellence in the arts.
For mezzo-soprano, choir, and historic wind quintet (2 cornets, 2 sackbuts, dulcian) on a poem by Robert Service. First performance: 2 November 2014 with Meagan Zantingh, mezzo-soprano, La Rose des Vents, and the Cantata Singers of Ottawa, Christopher Hossfeld conducting. Press Hossfeld’s own … Continued
For solo cello, 10 minutes. Comissioned by Harbourfront Centre for the Toronto Music Garden, September 2013. First performance by Kate Haynes in the Toronto Music Garden. Written in response to the solo cello suite in C Major by J. S. Bach. … Continued
For choir and organ, latin text, 15 minutes. Commissioned by the Church of St. John the Evangelist, Montreal in celebration of their 150th year. The first performance was on 20 November 2011. Kyrie Sanctus Agnus Dei Score Download a pdf of the … Continued
SATB chorus, latin text, 6 minutes. Commissioned by the Cantata Singers of Ottawa. First performance: The Cantata Singers of Ottawa, Michael Zaugg, conductor, Stabat Mater Concert, 31 March 2010, Christ Church Cathedral, Ottawa. Press As a bonus there was a premier inserted between the Scarlatti … Continued
String orchestra (5, 4, 4, 3, 2), commissioned by A Far Cry, Boston’s self-conducted chamber orchestra, 20 minutes. First performance: 30 October 2009 at Jordan Hall, New England Conservatory, Boston, MA. Press Christopher Hossfeld’s odd yet compelling ‘concerto GROSSO’ for 18 strings, … Continued
Song cycle for soprano and piano, on poems by Barbara Sherrington. Commissioned by Claude Vielleux for Kristal Calvert, in honor of their tenth wedding anniversary. 9 minutes. Score Download a pdf of the score (for study purposes only). For performance rights … Continued
Six-part chorus (SSATBB, div.), with texts from the Song of Solomon, 11 minutes. First performed by the Cantata Singers of Ottawa, Michael Zaugg, conductor, Shades of Love / Tons d’Amour concert, 19 April 2009, Orleans United Church, Orleans, Ontario. Also performed by Voces Boreales, Michael Zaugg, … Continued
String trio (violin, viola, cello), commissioned by The Rosetta Trio, 12 minutes. The piece has been performed at Memorial Church, Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and at the Toronto Music Garden. First performance: 5 February 2008 at Southern New Hampshire University, Manchester, NH … Continued
Soundtrack for Secret Courage: The Walter Suskind Story, a feature-length documentary about an unsung hero of the Holocaust in Holland, the Resistance members who worked with him, and five of the nearly 1,000 children they saved. Christopher Hossfeld, piano; Jen Morse, flute; … Continued
A one-act opera based on the play by August Strindberg, 26 minutes. First performance during VI:3, A Night of Student Opera Premiers, April 2002, Leverett House, Harvard University, sponsored by the Harvard-Radcliffe Contemporary Music Ensemble. Score Miss Julie: dramatic soprano Jean: Tenor … Continued