Jazz pianist/vocalist returns to City Club of Rock Hill
February 1, 2016 (Charlotte, NC) – Jazz pianist/composer/vocalist Marc Hoffman will perform with his quartet Saturday, February 6, 2016 at the Annual Heart2Heart Gala at City Club of Rock Hill, SC. Joining Marc will be sax player Jeremy Shaw, bassist Tim Hartis, and drummer Brent Deaton.
This quartet of seasoned players will perform jazz standards and pop favorites, along with originals by Hoffman.
“It’s a being a part of the Heart2Heart Gala again this year,” Hoffman says. “Many thanks to Sheila Caldwell for asking us back to perform at this wonderful event.”
Hoffman is well known throughout the Southeast US, having appeared at clubs, arenas, and other venues. In addition to performing jazz as a soloist and with a trio, Marc is a composer working in a variety of genres including film, solo piano, concert and choral music. A new choral work will be premiered June 28th 2015 as part of the Faith 4th of July Celebration in Faith, NC.
Also an author, Marc’s Essential Worship Keyboard is published by Emerald Books and a picture book, Sleep, Little Child by Virillion Music Publishing.
Marc’s original jazz and concert works have been performed live and on radio across the US and in the UK, France, Canada and The Netherlands.
For more information please visit: http://www.theheart2heartfoundation.org/#!about-us/cdrn
For a complete performance schedule please visit www.marchoffman.com. Marc’s music is available on iTunes, Amazon.com and CDBaby.
About Marc Hoffman:
Marc Hoffman received a degree in composition from the North Carolina School of the Arts and studied film composition at USC. He also attended The Dartington International Summer School of Music in Devon, England. His composition teachers have included John Corigliano, Leo Arnaud, Neil Hefti, and Sherwood Shaffer. Marc performs across the US and abroad, as a soloist and with his trio. A member of BMI and the American Composer’s Forum, he is also founder and artistic director of the Salisbury School of Music. Marc lives in Salisbury, NC with is wife, Anne, and their daughter August.
” ‘Hefti’ [from the CD Curioso] makes you smile with its delicate riffs and uplifting swing.”
— DJ Jelly Roll Justice, WWOZ-FM, New Orleans, LA
“A couple more discs like this…and his infectious, melodic writing and polished musicianship
will surely start to win him a serious following.”
— Gary Dalkin, music writer and editor – Film Music on the Web
“…the Hollywood impressions of Marc Hoffman’s “Middle Earth” made some pieces on the program seem stale and derivative.
— London Guardian review of U.K. premiere at the Wilde Festival
About Heart2Heart Foundation:
The mission of The Heart2Heart Foundation is to educate, support and advocate for women’s heart health, thereby affecting not only their lives, but those of their families.
In addition to educating women about heart disease and prevention, the foundation also plans to provide financial assistance to help cover expenses relating to heart health risk assessments and cardiac rehabilitation. Funds raised locally will remain local to help residents here in our communities.