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Shulamit Hoffmann is founder and
artistic director of Viva la Musica!, an adult
choir in the California Bay Area. She is also a
faculty member of the College of San Mateo. She
has served on the faculties of University of Cape
Town and University of the Witwatersrand (South
Africa), Idaho State University, Brigham Young
University Idaho, and University of Notre Dame de
Namur, California. Currently a doctoral student at
Teachers College, Columbia University, she holds a
Master of Arts in choral conducting (San José
State University), Master of Music in piano
performance (Lewis and Clark College, Portland,
OR), Bachelor of Music (University of
Witwatersrand, South Africa), and Teacher's
Licentiate Diplomas in Music from the University
of South Africa and from the Royal Schools of
Music, London. A recipient of overseas study
scholarships from the University of South Africa
and the Cape Tercentenary Foundation, she was
named Outstanding Graduate of the Year in the San
José State School of Music and Dance in 2001. In
2002 she was honored with a U.S. Congressional
Award for her musical contributions to her
community and in 2007 her professional biography
was entered into the Congressional Record of the
United States of America by then Congressman Tom
Lantos.
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