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Nathan Hofheins

Assistant Professor
Commercial Music Division

2063 MB
701 E University PKWY

Biography

As a media artist, Nathan has written and arranged music for many television and cable networks including ESPN, Fox Sports, ABC, NBC. His more notable packages in current use for television and cable include main theme packages for ESPN College Football, ESPN Major League Soccer, and ESPN Golf. For the cinema, Nathan’s compositions are found in film trailers such as Home (opens in a new tab) (Dreamworks), Deepsea Challenge 3D (opens in a new tab) (National Geographic), Spiderman (opens in a new tab) (Sony), The Contender (opens in a new tab) (Dreamworks), Muppets from Space (opens in a new tab) (Columbia Pictures), and others. He has also written extensively for Warner-Chappell Production Music (opens in a new tab), a leader in the ever-expanding music library industry.

Nathan’s more notable film and television credits as lead orchestrator include The Librarians (TNT), Ash vs. The Evil Dead (Starz), The Legend of the Seeker (Buena Vista), Spartacus (Starz), Hercules (USA Network), and Xena: Warrior Princess (Renaissance Pictures).

For samples of Nathan’s commercial/media work, please visit Warner/Chappell Production Music (opens in a new tab) and enter "Nathan Hofheins" in the search bar.

In the sacred music realm, Nathan has been commissioned for works by organizations such as the Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square (S.L.C., UT), Cherry Creek Presbyterian Church (Denver, CO), Northside Church (Atlanta, GA), Valley Choral Society (Sacramento, CA), Brigham Young University, and the Barlow Endowment for Musical Composition (Provo, UT). Several of his choral arrangements for these organizations have been recorded and distributed worldwide. They are also published by MusicByNathan.com (opens in a new tab) and Oxford University Press.

For seven years previous to working at BYU, Nathan served as Artist-in-Residence at Utah Valley University in the Commercial Music division.

Nathan lives very happily with his beloved wife and professional cellist, Lisa, in Pleasant Grove, Utah. Their three very musical, adult children are living beautiful lives of their own.

He is actively involved in his Christian faith, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Honors and Awards

  • BYU Jazz Hall of Fame, BYU Synthesis (2019 - 2019)

Memberships

  • American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (1999 - Present)

Courses Taught