Miles Hoffman and American Chamber Players to Perform at Berea College Nov. 9

The American Chamber Players was formed by Hoffman in 1985 from a core group of artists of the Library of Congress Summer Chamber Festival. The six members of the ensemble perform a repertoire ranging from familiar masterpieces to modern and newly commissioned American works.

The group has toured throughout North America, engaged by concert series from Florida to British Columbia, and performed at the Paris Opera and the Bibliotheque Nationale. The ensemble has been heard countless times on National Public Radio’s “Performance Today” and on local radio stations throughout the United States. The American Chamber Players also have recorded the music of Mozart, Bruch, Bloch, Stravinsky and other composers which is distributed internationally.

Hoffman, violist with the American Chamber Players and the group’s artistic director, made his recital debut in 1979 and has since appeared frequently around the country in recital, as chamber musician and as soloist with many orchestras in addition to his association with the ACP.

A graduate of Yale University and the Juilliard School, Hoffman also is one of America’s best known and most highly regarded music educators. He is the author of the “NPR Classical Music Companion: Terms and Concepts from A to Z,” and his musical commentary “Coming to Terms” was heard weekly throughout the United States for 13 years – from 1989 – 2002 – on NPR’s “Performance Today.” As Music Commentator for the network’s “Morning Edition” program now, he is regularly heard by a national audience of nearly 14 million.

The five other musicians who make up the American Chamber Players are also highly accomplished musicians who perform as soloists and with ensembles and orchestras nationally and internationally. For more about the American Chamber Players, visit www.ACPlayers.com.

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