Joe Hallman is a young American composer who has had the opportunity to work with some of today's most talented musicians.  His works are becoming more frequently performed in America and internationally.  His generosity of collaboration and joy for composing sets him apart from his peers. 

The recently written series of chamber concerti, akin to the Brandenburg and Hindemith's Kammermusik, have garnered acclaim for their wit and strength.  They have been composed for members of the Philadelphia Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, and others. 

He has been a longtime collaborator with the phenom-cellista Alisa Weilerstein, with whom he just returned from a successful premiere of his newest Cello Concerto with the St. Petersburg Chamber Philharmonic in beautiful and inspiring St.Petersburg.   Of late he has been in cohoots with the English Horn icon Thomas Stacy, of the New York Phil. Über-bassoonist Pascal Gallois, and Kevin Bowyer, organist.

He has also worked in the NY downtown scene with the improv/experimental ThingNY.  Most recently, he wrote the Suite for Boombox and Piano for Kathy Supove, who premiered it on the Tribeca Music Festival (after previewing it with the assistance of the French uber-director Michel Gondry on drums). He is also working on the poppunk-infused “‘money, lies” to be premiered tjis December in NYC by ThingNY.

He has 1 husband, 3 dogs, and is a Philadelphian.

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