Hope Hoffman

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Hope Hoffman has been self-employed as a performer and teacher of dance, music and theater since 1999 (full-time since 2000). She is currently presenting lively and inventive performances of original tunes and the traditional Maine music which inspires them. With her fiddle, viola, guitar and voice, Hope shares a rhythmic and lyrical repertoire including Irish, Scottish, Cape Breton, French Canadian, Welsh and Scandinavian tunes. Hope's collection of original fiddle tunes was written while living in Maine surrounded by a community of farmers, artists and other independent-minded people, exploring and appreciating the varied landscape and unique personality of Maine. Hope debuted her original tunes on fiddle and viola at Johnny D's club in Somerville, MA, and continues to give formal and informal performances from Presque Isle to Manhattan. Known for her warm and personable performances, Hope Hoffman has been a professional musician in Maine for several years, providing imaginative charm and good old-fashioned fun to dozens of downtown festivals, restaurants, weddings, and community gatherings. With a musical style is noted for its evocative beauty and rough-and-tumble playfulness, Hope plays for contra dances, as well as solo fiddle for barn dances, and also leads sessions for children's museums and festivals featuring fiddle music, creative movement and folk dance.

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