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British musician Alex Hodgkinson is Director of Sacred Music for the Cathedral and Diocese of Madison, Wisconsin. In this role, he oversees the musical life of the Cathedral of St. Bernard of Clairvaux, conducts the Diocesan Choir and Schola, and promotes and supports the rich and diverse tradition of sacred music throughout the diocese.

 

Following an organ scholarship at Ely Cathedral, Alex read Music at the University of Oxford, where he was Organ Scholar of Keble College and Acting Organ Scholar of New College. He subsequently held senior appointments at several of the UK’s leading schools, serving as Head of Academic Music at Repton School and Choirmaster at Marlborough College before becoming Director of Music at Christ’s Hospital. There, he led one of the country's most vibrant school music departments, oversaw the restoration of the five-manual Chapel organ, and established a partnership with the English Chamber Orchestra. In 2023, he relocated to Connecticut to lead the music ministry at St. Theresa's Church, Trumbull. Two years later, he was elected Dean of the Greater Bridgeport Chapter of the AGO, and continues to serve regularly as an adjudicator for the prestigious Knox–Miller Scholarship Competition.

 

A prize-winning Fellow of the Royal College of Organists, Alex was awarded the Silver Medal of the Worshipful Company of Musicians in 2022. He has directed choral courses in both the UK and Asia and, in 2018, co-founded the Hackney Choral Course, a thriving summer program for young people in London. As a conductor, organist, pianist, and composer, Alex has appeared on numerous national radio broadcasts and commercial recordings. He is also in demand as a writer and reviewer, and is a regular contributor to The American Organist.

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