Sydney Hodkinson

Sydney Hodkinson

Biography

Sydney Hodkinson (17 January 1934, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada – 10 January 2021, Holly Hill, Fla.) was an American composer and educator.

Dr. Hodkinson studied at the Eastman School of Music, Princeton University, and the University of Michigan. He taught woodwind instruments in the schools of Rochester and Brighton, New York. He also taught at the University of Virginia (1958-1963), Ohio University (1963-1966), and the University of Michigan (1968-1973). In 1973, he became chairman of the conducting and ensemble departments at Eastman until his retirement in 1999.

Hodkinson was widely experienced as a clarinetist, conductor, and lecturer, and served as a visiting professor of music at several universities.

Works for Winds

• Bach Variations (1977)
• Blocks (1977)
• Canonic Preludes (1997)
• Contemporary Primer, A (1972)
• Cortege (1975)
• Duae Cantatae Breves (1995)
• Echo Preludes (1983)
• ....Epiphanies.... (1993)
• Meliora! (2020)
• Monumentum pro umbris (2002)
• Monolith (1974)
• November Voices
• Palisade (1974)
• Pillar (1974)
• Stone Images (1975)
• Symphony No. 2 (1974-1982)
• Symphony No. 7 (1992)
• Symphony No. 9. See: ....Epiphanies....
• Symphony No. 10 (2011)
• Tower (1974)

Resources

• Encyclopedia of Band Music. "Sydney Hodkinson." Accessed 27 November 2014
• "MOMENTUM (sic) PRO UMBRIS (For Large Wind Ensemble) by Sydney Hodkinson (Canada, 1934-2021)." WASBE, 8 November 2021. Web. Accessed 8 November 2021.
• "Sydney Hodkinson." Orlando Sentinel, 19 January 2021. Web. Accessed 26 June 2021
• Sydney Hodkinson website Accessed 19 October 2022