about the composer

Hi, I’m Griffin.

Griffin Hook (he/him/his) is a Canadian Composer based in Thornhill, Ontario. Known for writing music that is cinematic and imaginative, Griffin’s unique compositional style blends traditional ensemble orchestration with creative film scoring energy to create exciting pieces and soundtracks that are enjoyable for musicians, conductors, ensembles, directors, game designers, and audiences alike. 

In the band and ensemble scene, Griffin has an accessible and engaging collection of works that have been performed in several provinces across the country and around the globe; having pieces recorded, workshopped, & premiered by the University of Toronto Wind Symphony, University of Toronto Wind Ensemble, National Youth Band of Canada, Budapest Art Orchestra, and Philharmonic Wind Orchestra of Singapore. With his work described as fresh and animated, Griffin strives to create new music for band that highlights the beauty of Canadian nature, alongside exploring unique themes and concepts that evoke emotion.

During his undergraduate studies at the University of Toronto Faculty of Music and postgraduate studies in Sheridan College’s Music Scoring for Screen & Stage program, Griffin has created original scores and soundtracks for Sheridan Animation, Game Design, Level Design & BFTV, UofT Computer Science, OCAD Digital Futures, and Centennial College Game-Art. Outside of Composition, Griffin mixes and masters reference recordings for his own work, is a two-time delegate of the York/OBA Wind Conductors’ Symposium, performs in a variety of wind ensembles and orchestras across the GTA as a trumpet player, and is further involved with the wind band world through experience as a personnel manager, treasurer, and librarian.

Griffin is the winner of the 2024 Howard Cable Memorial Prize in Composition awarded by the Canadian Band Association, a winner of the 2024 WASBE International Composition Contest as an emerging composer, winner of the 2024 CFMTA Student Composer Contest, and had his scores displayed at the 2024 Midwest Clinic. Griffin is also a three-time ORMTA Music Writing Competition Winner, two-time Kiwanis Original Composition Contest Winner, had his music featured as part of the Oakville Film Festival on multiple occasions, alongside winning other awards and honourable mentions in competitions at city and provincial levels for over a decade.

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awards

Cape Breton Skies

  • ​Winner, Canada

  • 2024 Howard Cable Memorial Prize in Composition (Canadian Band Association)

​​Rocky Mountain Portraits

  • ​​​First-Place Winner, Canada

  • ​CFMTA Student Composer Competition 2024| Class D: Open

  • ​​​First-Place Winner, Ontario (Eleanor Marzetti Scholarship)

  • ORMTA Music Writing Competition 2024 | Class D: Open

Thrill of Adventure

  • Winner, International

  • WASBE International Composition Contest 2024 | Category 3: Emerging Composers

​​A Hero's Quest

  • First-Place Winner, Toronto

  • Kiwanis Festival Original Composition 2024 | Ensemble: Age 19-28 ​

​The Witch Hunt

  • ​​First-Place Winner, Ontario (Eleanor Marzetti Scholarship)

  • ORMTA Music Writing Competition 2023 | Class D: Open

​Pictures of Paricutin

  • First-Place Winner, Toronto

  • Kiwanis Festival Original Composition 2023 | Ensemble: Age 19-28 

A Trumpeter's Lament

  • ​​First-Place Winner, Ontario (Eleanor Marzetti Scholarship)

  • ORMTA Music Writing Competition 2020 | Class D: Open

Genesis

  • Second-Place Winner, Ontario

  • ORMTA Music Writing Competition 2019 | Class D: Open

Panic Attack!

  • Second-Place Winner, Ontario

  • ORMTA Music Writing Competition 2019 | Class C: 19 & Under

Brain Teaser

  • Second-Place Winner, Ontario

  • ORMTA Music Writing Competition 2018 | Class B1: 15 & Under, Instrumental

festivals

‘Tis the Treason (short film by Mya Davidson)

  • 2025 Oakville Film Festival Official Selection

Cloudbound (in collaboration with Sheridan Game Design)

  • Participant at the 2025 LevelUp Student Showcase

Niko’s Pawsome Adventure (in collaboration with Sheridan Game Design)

  • Participant at the 2025 LevelUp Student Showcase

Ultima 5000 (animated short film by Sofia Mazzotta) 

  • 2024 Oakville Film Festival Official Selection

Meow Tunes (in collaboration with UofT Computer Science & Centennial Game Art)

  • ​Honourable Mention for Technical Innovation at the 2023 LevelUp Student Showcase

ChromaCity (in collaboration with UofT Computer Science & OCAD Digital Futures)

  • Participant at the 2023 LevelUp Student Showcase

nominations

Cape Breton Skies

  • Honorary Mention, Worldwide (Top 6)

  • WASBE International Composition Contest 2024 | Category 1: Grade 3-3.5

Overtonal (Solo Piano Version)

  • Honorary Mention, Ontario (Top 6)

  • ORMTA Music Writing Competition 2020 | Class C: 19 & Under

Night on the Town

  • ​Honorary Mention, Ontario (Top 5)

  • ORMTA Music Writing Competition 2016 | Class B1: 15 & Under, Instrumental

areas of study

Music Technology

  • Composition for Film

  • Composition for Video Games

  • Multi-Media Composition

  • Digital Audio, Music Recording, Mixing & Mastering

Composition

  • Wind Ensemble Composition

  • ​Orchestration

  • Composition for Percussion

Conducting

  • Wind Ensemble

  • Orchestra

ensemble experience

Hart House Symphonic Band (2024-2026)

  • Treasurer (2025-2026)

Toronto Youth Wind Orchestra (2020-2021, 2024-2026)

  • Librarian (2025-2026)

University of Toronto Wind Symphony (2020-2024) 

  • Ensemble Manager (2022-2024)​

Claude Watson Pit Orchestra (2023)

  • Guest Musician (Into the Woods)

Toronto Youth Symphonic Winds (2019-2020)

Westmount Symphonic Winds (2016-2020)

  • ​Section Leader (2018-2020)

Westmount ARTS Band (2016-2020) 

  • ​Section ​Leader (2018-2020)

Westmount Jazz Band (2016-2020)

​Section Leader (2018-2020)