ArtistInfo

Paul Hoffert

vib, key, *1943
Rock
A.k.a. Paul Matthew Hoffert

Born: Brooklyn, NY, September 22, 1943. He moved to Toronto in 1956 and studied composition with Gordon Delamont and vibraphone briefly with Hagood Hardy. In 1968 he co-founded Lighthouse (2) with Skip Prokop. Following Lighthouse, Hoffert began pursuing a career as a composer, arranger and record producer in Toronto. Other achievements include, teaching film composition at York University; founder and chairman of the Canadian Academy of Cinema; president of the Guild of Canadian Film and Television Composers; and a member of the Order of Canada. He holds a Bachelor of Science and is equally successful in that field.

Instruments

• Vibraphone
• Keyboards
• Piano
• Congas

Genres

• Rock
• Jazz
• Pop
• R&B/Soul

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