About

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British organist, conductor, and teacher Alex Hodgkinson serves as Director of Music at St. Theresa’s Church, Trumbull, Connecticut - the largest and one of the busiest churches in the Diocese of Bridgeport. He leads a vibrant music program made up of the Parish Choir, Children's Choir, and Junior Schola.

 

Following an organ scholarship at Ely Cathedral, Alex read Music at the University of Oxford. There he was Organ Scholar of Keble College and spent a year as Acting Organ Scholar of New College.

 

Alex was successively Head of Academic Music at Repton School and Director of Chapel Music at Marlborough College. At Marlborough he conducted several major works including Elgar’s The Dream of Gerontius and Verdi’s Requiem.

 

He was subsequently appointed Director of Music at Christ’s Hospital, one of the UK's most historic and prestigious schools. He led the large music department, ran several choirs, oversaw the comprehensive restoration of the 5-manual Chapel organ, and developed an ongoing partnership with the English Chamber Orchestra. Alex relocated to the US in 2023 to assume his current role.

 

As a conductor, organist, pianist, and composer, Alex has featured on CD recordings and on BBC Radio 3 & 4, and has toured across Europe. He has directed choral courses in the UK and Asia, and, in 2018, co-founded the Hackney Choral Course, a singing week for young people in North London.

 

Alex is a prizewinning Fellow of the Royal College of Organists and was awarded the Silver Medal of the Worshipful Company of Musicians. He is Co-Dean of the Greater Bridgeport AGO Chapter and a regular columnist and reviewer for the Catholic Herald and The American Organist.

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