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.
Viola and Cello, 3 minutes. First performance: July 2001 at the American Conservatory, Palais de Fontainebleau, Fontainebleau, France. A severely concise duet for solo viola and cello in three parts. 1. Flowing 2. Still 3. With intensity Score Download a … Continued
Chorus (SATB), 3 minutes. A song for a capella chorus on the poem by Rainer Maria Rilke, in German. This piece was written overlooking Penobscot Bay from Little Deer Isle, Maine. Score Download a pdf of the score (for study purposes only). … Continued
Soprano and cello. 5 minutes. A setting of the poem by e. e. cummings. First performance: March 2000 at Harvard University by Kate Bennett and Susan Long, sponsored by the Harvard Radcliffe Contemporary Music Ensemble. Score Download a pdf of … Continued
Tenor, flute, viola, and harp. 4 minutes. A setting of the poem by e. e. cummings. First performance: Spring 2000 at Harvard University as part of the Thelma Louise Goldberg Concert, a production of the Music Department. Score Download a … Continued
A one-act opera based on four poems by e. e. cummings. 14 minutes. Music by Christopher Hossfeld. Orchestration: oboe, bass clarinet, piano, violin, cello, and singers. First performance during VI, A Night of Student Opera Premiers, November 1999, Harvard University; David Salvage, … Continued