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Mark Hofeldt
Adjunct Faculty, Cello
Adjunct
College of Arts and Sciences: Music
Degrees
- M.M., Cello performance, Cleveland Institute of Music, 1987
- M.D., University of Illinois, 1982
Profile
Mark Hofeldt is a professional cellist who has played in the cello section of the Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra since 1988. He has also been a member of the Virginia Symphony and the Toledo Symphony orchestras. Additionally, he was the cellist in the Hofeldt-Phillips piano trio for 20 years and have been an avid performer of solo and chamber recitals throughout the region over the past 25 years.
Concurrently, Mark was employed at Dayton Children’s Hospital as an anesthesiologist until his retirement from medical practice in 2021. The mental and physical health and safety of children has been his concern for many decades.
He has a private home studio of some two dozen cello students of a variety of abilities and has taught cello for the past six years at the Stivers School for the Performing Arts in Dayton. Mark has a strong commitment to the musical education of students of all ages, both to nurture their musical abilities and to enhance their general learning.
Courses taught
- Cello instruction (MUS 399/499)
- Lower String Pedagogy (MUS 339)
- Chamber Music
Professional activities
- Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra
- Stivers School for the Arts