The USF School of Music presents the music of composer Joseph Hallman with the USF Faculty 

Chamber Players at 2 pm on Sunday September 29, 2013 in the USF Concert Hall. The concert will 

feature faculty soloists Jay Hunsberger on Hallman's Tuba Concerto and Calvin Falwell on Hallman's 

Bass Clarinet Concerto.



Joseph Hallman is a prolific young composer based in Philadelphia who has worked with some of 

today's most talented musicians and artists. Known for his generosity of collaboration and joy for 

composing, he is quickly becoming a noted name on concert programs both nationally and 

internationally. In addition to teaching a studio of young composers, he has been invited to conduct 

master classes and lectures, sit on panels, and serve as an adjudicator at home and abroad.  He has 

been named, by NPR, as one of the Top Composers under 40.  He has also been named Best 

Musician by several Philadelphia magazines and newspapers.



Hallman teaches Composition at Drexel University.  He is the Composer-in-Residence of the Pikes 

Falls Chamber Music Festival and has served in similar roles at the Rosenbach Museum in 

Philadelphia, The Traverse Arts Project, Strings Music Festival, and  others. He has worked with the 

American Composers Forum in multiple capacities.  For more information please visit: 

http://www.josephhallman.com/