John Hopkins (composer)

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John Hopkins
Born
Polegate, East Sussex, UK
NationalityBritish
Occupationcomposer

John Hopkins (born in 1949, at Polegate in East Sussex) is a British composer.

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Education

Hopkins studied at University College Cardiff. There his teachers included Alun Hoddinott and Arnold Whittall. He also took composition lessons with Peter Maxwell Davies. He graduated in 2000 from University of Sussex with a D.Phil. [1]

Career

Hopkins was elected as a regional composer-in-residence by the Eastern Arts Association (now Arts Council England East) in 1979. [2] After several teaching positions, including being co-ordinator of Practice-Based Studies at the Faculty of Music (University of Cambridge), and Director of Studies for Music at Homerton College, Cambridge, [3] he is now Composer in Residence at Homerton College, Cambridge.

Works

His For the Far Journey (1981) was commissioned and premièred by the Geminii Ensemble and has been described as illustrating characteristics of Hopkin's music, namely 'attractive textures and effective pacing'. [4] White Winter, Black Spring is a composition for two voices and large instrumental ensemble; Hopkins used poems by Robert Lowell for this work commissioned by the BBC.

Some major pieces

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References

  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 14 March 2011. Retrieved 19 February 2011.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link) CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) ; last accessed 19 February 2011.
  2. The Musical Times, Vol. 120, No. 1631 (Jan., 1979), p. 53
  3. See "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 18 February 2011. Retrieved 19 February 2011.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link) CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) ; last accessed 19 February 2011.
  4. David Wright, 'English Song', in The Musical Times, Vol. 131, No. 1774 (Dec., 1990), p. 652.