Paul Hoffert

Paul Matthew Hoffert, CM (born 22 September 1943 in Brooklyn, New York) is a recording artist, performer, media music composer, author, academic, and corporate executive. He studied mathematics and physics at the University of Toronto. He later studied music composition with Samuel Dolin and music theory with Gordon Delamont. In 1969 the 26-year-old Hoffert co-founded Lighthouse, a rock group that sold millions of records and earned three Juno Awards as one of Canada’s leading pop bands. His film music earned him a San Francisco Film Festival and three SOCAN Film Composer of the Year awards. In 2001 Mr. Hoffert received the Pixel award as the New Media industry’s “Visionary of the Year”. Hoffert has parallel achievements in science and...