about the composer
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Griffin Hook (He/Him/His) is a Canadian composer based in Thornhill, Ontario. Studying composition under the tutelage of Dr. Laura Sgroi, Griffin’s work is aimed toward both screen and stage, primarily focusing on the world of Wind Ensemble music. His band works have been recorded, workshopped, & premiered by the Westmount Symphonic Winds, Newmarket High School, the University of Toronto Wind Symphony, University of Toronto Wind Ensemble, and the National Youth Band of Canada. Known for writing music that is cinematic and imaginative, Griffin’s unique compositional style blends traditional concert band form with the creative energy of film scores to create pieces that are exciting & enjoyable for musicians, conductors, ensembles, and audiences alike.
As a graduate of the Comprehensive Studies program at the University of Toronto Faculty of Music and currently part of the Music Scoring for Screen & Stage program at Sheridan College, Griffin has had the opportunity to write music in collaboration with students from Sheridan Animation to create original scores for their thesis films and has partnered with students in UofT Computer Science, OCAD Digital Futures, & Centennial Game-Art to create soundtracks for independent video game projects. Griffin also focuses in audio recording/editing, digital audio synthesis, and conducting; being a two-time delegate of the York/OBA Wind Conductors’ Symposium and mixing/mastering reference recordings performed by the UofT Wind Symphony & UofT Wind Ensemble for his own compositions (2022-2024) and for American composer Nicole Piunno in January of 2024. Griffin is the winner of the Canadian Band Association's 2024 Howard Cable Memorial Prize in Composition, a winner of the 2024 CFMTA Student Composer Competition, and is a finalist in the 2024 WASBE International Composition Contest. Griffin is also a three-time winner of the ORMTA Music Writing Competition (2020, 2023, 2024) and three-time Eleanor Marzetti Scholarship recipient, as well as a two-time winner of the Kiwanis Original Composition Contest (2023, 2024), among other awards and honourable mentions in competitions at city & provincial levels for over a decade. All works are self-published under GriffinHMusic. |
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ensemble experience
- University of Toronto Wind Symphony (2020-2024)
- Ensemble Manager (2022-2024)
- Hart House Symphonic Band (2024)
- Guest Musician (1st Chair Trumpet, Spring Concert)
- Guest Musician (1st Chair Trumpet, Spring Concert)
- Claude Watson Pit Orchestra (2023)
- Guest Musician (Into the Woods)
- Toronto Youth Wind Orchestra (2020-2021)
- 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)