Dr. Calvin Hofer is currently Head of the Music Department and Director of Wind Studies at Mesa State College where he conducts the MSC Wind Symphony and teaches applied trumpet.

Dr. Hofer is principal trumpet with the Grand Junction Symphony Orchestra as well as the Mesa State College Faculty Brass Quintet. He also plays principal B-flat cornet with the Rocky Mountain Brass Band in Silverton, Colorado.

Dr. Hofer received his undergraduate degree from South Dakota State University, his Master of Music Education degree from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, and his Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of North Texas. While at UNT, Dr. Hofer was a finalist in the concerto competition and voted outstanding graduate student in instrumental music.

Before coming to Mesa State College, Dr. Hofer was Director of Bands and trumpet instructor at Morningside College in Sioux City, Iowa as well as a member of the Sioux City Symphony, Sioux City Jazz Orchestra and Symphony Brass Quintet. Before graduate school Dr. Hofer was the Assistant Director of Bands at Central High School in Rapid City, S. D. where he taught instrumental music in grades 5-12.