David P. Hoffman, bass-baritone

Mr. Hoffman has enjoyed a long music career both collaborating with and as a member of a number of Seattle-based ensembles, including: St. James Cathedral Cantorei and Choir, Seattle Symphony Chorale, Byrd Ensemble, Opus 7, Seattle Pro Musica, and many others.  As a soloist, Mr. Hoffman has enjoyed many opportunities primarily as Bass/Baritone soloist for St. James Cathedral in Seattle, but also Paper Puppet Opera’s Winterreise productions, and a host of other collaborations around the city.

Growing up in the Seattle area, Mr. Hoffman enjoyed an early start to his music education as a member of the esteemed Northwest Boychoir.  David continued his pursuit with a minor in Performance Voice from Harvey Mudd College and the Claremont Colleges Joint Music Program.  After a brief career as soloist and section leader for the San Diego Master Chorale, Mr. Hoffman moved back to Seattle where he has enjoyed the many aforementioned opportunities granted him.

“Hoffman’s [voice] has warmth and depth, plus rock-solid pitch sense. He was able to encompass the wide vocal range the songs required with no undue effort and with the stamina which enabled him to have the same strength and resonance in the last song as in the first,” writes Music Critic Philippa Kiraly.  With a repertoire that spans the length of western music history, David has enjoyed leading roles in a number of works including: Handel’s Messiah, Mozart’s Requiem and Vespers, Schubert’s Winterreise, Mendelssohn’s Elijah, Brahms’ Requiem, Faure’s Requiem, Orff’s Carmina Burana, and a number of both early music and modern composers.  Mr. Hoffman had the pleasure of soloing for the premiere of John Muhleisen’s Eternity Passing Over – An Arctic Requiem.

David has truly appreciated all of the kindness afforded him by the Seattle music community, St. James Cathedral, and the many organizations he has worked with throughout his career.