Loading details…
Artist
Sydney Hodkinson
12+ albums
Canadianorgangammareccanada2juma
about
A native of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Sydney Hodkinson (b. 1934) received his Bachelor of Music and Master of Music Degrees from the Eastman School of Music where he studied composition with Louis Mennini and Bernard Rogers. He continued his studies in composition at the Princeton Seminars with Elliott Carter, Roger Sessions, and Milton Babbitt. Hodkinson received his Doctor of Musical Arts Degree from the University of Michigan in 1968, studying with Leslie Bassett, Niccolo Castiglioni, Ross Lee Finney and George B. Wilson. Dr. Hodkinson has taught at the Universities of Virginia, Ohio and Michigan and prior to his present appointment, served two years as artist-in-resldence in Minneapolis under a grant from the Ford Foundation Contemporary Music Project. He joined the faculty of the Eastman School of Music in 1973 assuming direction of the Eastman Musica Nova, a virtuoso new music ensemble described by the Cleveland Plain Dealer as "a student ensemble of professional quality." During the academic years 1984-86, Hodkinson served as Meadows Distinguished Visiting Professor of Composition at Southern Methodist University. In addition to his activities as conductor, Mr. Hodkinson is one of the most prolific and widely performed contemporary composers. His most recent compositions include an opera "SAINT CARMENT OF THE MAIN", a commission from the Banff Centre for the Arts and the world premiere by the Guelph Spring Festival May 19-24, 1988, BUMBERBOOM, Commissioned and premiered by
