Joy has many years of teaching experience on harp and piano. She teaches all ages and levels on the pedal harp and the folk harp. Joy has students from elementary school to middle school, high school and adult, including grandmothers and grandfathers. Joy enjoys teaching and has learned much from her students and from her own teaching. She treats students individually and values their character and potential; she gives them the encouragement they need. Joy teaches at her home studio, one lesson each week from forty-five minutes to one hour. She has lever harps to rent to help new students get started.

Work Experience:

She won first prize for harp performance in the Young Artists Competition in Harbin, China, and also spent twelve seasons as an opera coach at the Harbin Opera Company. During her twenty years in the United States, she won a piano concerto competition and numerous scholarships, both at Roosevelt and Northwestern. She has been on the faculty of Roosevelt University. She is presently teaching at Trinity International University. She performs for the the Lyric Opera of Chicago, Symphonic Pops of Chicago, Illinois Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra of Harper College, and Illinois State University Wind Symphony. Busy as a symphony musician, soloist, opera and chamber music player, she has performed in live radio broadcasts and has made recordings in the Chicago area. Ms. Hoffman is busy teaching many harp and piano students in her private studio.

Harp Lessons, Chicago

Education:

She received her Diploma of Harp Performance at the Shenyang Conservatory of Music, a Bachelor's degree from Roosevelt University, and a Master's Degree from Northwestern University.

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