Timothy Hoekman Music

Composer Timothy Hoekman has written in many genres and has works published by Theodore Presser, Colla Voce, Plymouth Music Company, Recital Publications, and Classical Vocal Reprints. He was recently announced as the winner of the Delta Omicron 2025 Triennial Composition Competition for his Bagatelles for Clarinet and Piano, and in 2002 he was the MTNA-Shepherd Distinguished Composer of the Year for his song cycle To Make a Prairie, commissioned by the South Dakota Music Teachers Association. Other commissions have come from the Rawlins Piano Trio, the Coastal Carolina Chamber Music Festival, Georgia Southern University, and First Presbyterian Church of Tallahassee, among others. His works have been recorded for Albany Records, Azica Records, and Mark Records.

Hoekman is Professor Emeritus of Vocal Coaching and Collaborative Piano at Florida State University, where he taught collaborative piano, coached graduate voice majors, and taught a variety of language and vocal literature classes for singers and pianists from 1984 to 2022. He is a highly experienced performer, teacher, and coach, having performed as soloist and collaborative pianist in the U.S., Canada, Australia, and Europe. He was on the music staff of Glimmerglass Opera (now called Glimmerglass Festival) in Cooperstown, NY, from 1988 to 2011 and has also worked for South Georgia Opera, Florida Grand Opera, Des Moines Metro Opera, Michigan Opera Theater, Opera Grand Rapids, and the Peter Harrower Summer Opera Workshop. From 2012 to 2024, he served as a lieder coach for the American Institute of Musical Studies in Graz, Austria. He has served as adjudicator for vocal, piano, and composition competitions.

Hoekman holds degrees from the University of Michigan, Peabody Conservatory, and Calvin College. He has written articles for the Journal of Singing, American Music Teacher, and Voices: Opera America’s Bulletin for Singers.

For more information about Timothy Hoekman and his compositions, visit timothyhoekman.com.