As a music director, composer and violinist, Lowell Hohstadt has led the music teams of Odessa Christian Faith Center since 1987. He has composed over 400 works for worship and seasonal productions, and has written for a wide variety of venues in styles ranging from Modern Classical to Jazz and Contemporary Pop/Rock. He recently produced a series of electronic experiments using his newly developed Integrated Frequency, a system based upon the overtone series.
Lowell Hohstadt received his Bachelor of Music degree from The Juilliard School in 1986 and his Master of Music degree from the Eastman School of Music in 1989. He has studied composition with Samuel Adler and Michael Czajkowski and violin with Dorothy Croft, Margaret Pardee, Kevin Lawrence, Dorothy Delay, Masao Kawasaki and Sylvia Rosenberg. He has performed as soloist with Juilliard Orchestras premiering his own original violin concerto. He has also been featured as a soloist with the Oradea Philharmonic in Romania, the Seville Philharmonic in Spain, the Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra at Prague’s House of Culture during the International Tribune of Young Artists, and the Vienna State Opera Orchestra in the Musikverien Hall in Vienna, Austria. He has performed as soloist with the Midland-Odessa Symphony on two separate occasions, touring Mexico, as well as premiering a second original violin concerto. He has performed solo recitals throughout Europe and the United States. He is the winner of the Bach concerto competition at Juilliard, and the Friday Afternoon Music Club competition, performing on NewYork City’s WQXR classical radio station. He studied at the Meadowmount Summer Music Camp for seven consecutive years, performing at their open concerts, as well as participating in the Aspen Music Festival.
Reviews
“…his encore (Psalm 67), a composition of his own earned much applause by the audience.”
Hans N. Neidhardt
Music Director, Volksbildungskreis
Vienna, Austria
“…his own composition (Trilogy)…a theme which combines a subtle song and dissonance with a folkloric motif of great power, rhythm, and harmony.”
Eloy B. Mora
Cronica musical
Seville, Spain
“…Lowell Hohstadt’s quintet…It is a fine work and we’re happy to have it in our library.”
Raymond Mase
American Brass Quintet
“What set the occasion apart for me was the world premiere of Lowell Hohstadt’s Violin Concerto #2…received a standing ovation…distinctive excellence of this new composition…variety in style and pace is a strong reason, among others, for the high level of interest which the Hohstadt Concerto No. 2 sustains…states his musical ideas positively…enjoys them in a charming variety of ways.”
Norman Nadel
New York World-Telegram & Sun
Scripps-Howard newspapers
Newspaper Enterprise Association
Violin Performances (clips):
Barber Violin Concerto (Mexico):
Hohstadt Violin Concerto (New York)
Juilliard recital (New York):
Mozart G Major Violin Concerto (Vienna):
WQXR Classical Music Station (New York):