ELIZABETH HOFFMAN

TEACHING POSITIONS:
Associate Professor, NYU, Faculty of Arts and Science, 2004-
Assistant Professor, NYU, Faculty of Arts and Science, 1998-present.
Assistant Professor, University of Minnesota, 1997-1998.
Lecturer, University of Washington, 1996-97.

EDUCATION:
D.M.A., University of Washington, 1996.
----Composition study with Diane Thome, Richard Karpen.
----Studies in Music Theory with John Rahn, Jonathan Bernard.
M.A., Stony Brook University, 1988.
---- Composition study with Bulent Arel.
B.A., Swarthmore College, Music, 1985.

DISSERTATION: Concepts of Value in Art, and their Reflection
in Contemporary Music (UMI, 1996)

ADMINISTRATIVE:
Director of Undergraduate Studies, Department of Music, summer 2002-2005
Founder and Director, Washington Square Computer Music Studio, 1998-present.

OTHER PROFESSIONAL:
Associate Editor, Perspectives of New Music, 2002-present.
Secretary, Society for Electro-Acoustic Music in the US [SEAMUS], 2005-present

ACADEMIC HONORS:
NYU CAS Golden Dozen Excellence in Teaching Award 2000

ARTISTIC/SCHOLARLY AWARDS:
2005 Minnesota Orchestra Reading Finalist
2005 NYU Humanities Council Grant-in-Aid
2005 Research Challenge Award
2003 Pierre Schaeffer International Computer Music Competition Finalist
2002 NYU Research Challenge Award
2001 NYU Research Challenge Emergency Fund Grant
2001 NYU International Visitors Grant
1996 International Alliance of Women in Music, Search for New Music Award
1995 ORF International Prix Ars Electronica, Austria, Honorary Mention, Computer Music Category
1995 Western European Study Grant, University of Washington
1994 Bourges Grands Prix Internationaux de Musique Electroacoustique, Residence Prize
1993 Brechemin Scholarship Award, University of Washington SOM
1992 Olympia Chamber Orchestra Call for Compositions, work selected

COMMISSIONS:
2002 American Composers Forum "Sonic Circuits" Commission Award
2001 NSJO chamber players commission
2000 International Computer Music Association Commission Award
1997 Commission by Diffusion i Media for IMED 9837 released 4/98
1994 and 1997 Seattle Arts Commission Artists Awards
1993 and 1996 The Esoterics a cappella vocal ensemble
Abbie Conant, 2000 [The Elderberry Goddess]
Taimur Sullivan, 2002[Three Short Stories]
Dominic Donato, 2003 [metalmorphosis]
Stephen Paysen, 2003 [wood forms]
Anandance, 2004 [raveling]
Glass Farm, 2005[holonyms]
Elizabeth McNutt, flute/live electronics, 2004[in progress]


PUBLICATIONS:
please see separate web site link

SELECTED CONFERENCE PAPERS/LECTURES:
2005 Issue of Representation in Music: Liberal Arts lunchtime lecture series, New York University
2001 Organized Disorganization in Dillon's 'La femme invisible': Artificial Sound Models
of Natural Phenomenon, or Physical Modeling without a Computer:
Society for Music Theory Conference, University of Pennsylvania
2000 Masterpiece without a Master: Scholars Lecture Series, New York University, CAS
1998 Animated scores for Performance Coordination: International Computer Music Conference, University of Michigan
1998 Animated scores [research presentation]: SEAMUS Conference, Dartmouth College
1995 Lecture on my recent Computer Music Institut Universitari de L'audiovisual Universitat
Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona
1994 Analysis of Ligeti's Concerto for flute, oboe, and orchestra
Northwest Graduate Students Theory Symposium, University of Washington.

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PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:
BMI, American Composers Forum, Society for Electroacoustic Music in the United States [SEAMUS],
International Computer Music Association, Society for Music Theory [SMT], CMS