Hugh Blumenfeld
Guitarist
1958 –
Who is Hugh Blumenfeld?
Hugh Blumenfeld is an American folk musician and singer-songwriter from Connecticut. He was born in Jamaica, Queens, New York City, graduated with degrees in Biology and Humanities from M.I.T. in 1980, and got a Masters in English Literature from the University of Chicago in 1981. He was active in the Greenwich Village music scene in the 1980s, attending the Cornelia Street Songwriters Exchange and performing at Folk City and Speak Easy while working on a PhD in Poetics from New York University. He also helped to edit the Fast Folk Musical Magazine and recorded songs for a dozen issues. After earning his PhD in 1991, he worked as an English professor until 1994, when he began writing and performing full-time. Over the next 10 years he toured mainly in the Northeast and Midwest, with several short tours in Europe and one in Israel. In 1999 he was appointed Connecticut State Troubadour.
In the fall of 2003, after many forays into the realm of music and healing, he enrolled in medical school at the University of Connecticut and became an MD. He currently practices family medicine in Hartford, Connecticut.
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- Born
- Oct 11, 1958
New York City - Also known as
- Hugh Blumefeld
- Blumenfeld, Hugh
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Education
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- University of Chicago
- University of Connecticut Health Center
- University of Connecticut
- Lived in
- New York City
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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