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Miles Hoffman

Violist Miles Hoffman was the associate professor of Viola at the Petrie School of Music of Converse College in Spartanburg, SC. He’s also founder and artistic director of The American Chamber Players.  He made his New York recital debut in 1979 at the 92nd Street Y and has since appeared frequently around the country in recital, as chamber musician, and as soloist with many orchestras. 

He authored of The NPR Classical Music Companion: Terms and Concepts from A to Z, now in its tenth printing from the Houghton Mifflin Company.  

He graduated from Yale University and the Juilliard School, and in 2003 he was awarded an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from Centenary College of Louisiana in recognition of his achievements as a performer and educator.