Noted Conductor to Work with Upper School Musicians

Noted choral and orchestral conductor David Hodgkins will visit Severn School to work with the Upper School Vocal Ensemble, Concert Choir and the Chamber Music Ensemble. The maestro will coach our ensembles as they prepare for the Revels concert on Sunday, December 13 at 3:00p in Price Auditorium.

"The major choral work on the Revels program is Franz Schubert’s Mass in G, a work for soloists, chorus and orchestra that Hodgkins knows well," commented Mr. Greg Bullen, Upper School music teacher and chair of the US arts department. "In addition to working during the ensembles’ class periods, Mr. Hodgkins will coach various soloists."

Maestro Hodgkins has delighted audiences in the greater Boston area for over 20 years with "creative programs, sung with enthusiasm and tonal beauty" (Ed Tapper, Bay Windows). Mr. Hodgkins is the artistic director of Coro Allegro in Boston, which Boston Globe critic Michael Manning deemed "one of Boston's most accomplished choruses,” artistic director of The New England Classical Singers in Andover, director of music at The Commonwealth School in Boston, advanced conducting instructor at the Kodály Music Institute, and serves on the advisory boards of The Boston City Singers and the UMass/Amherst music department.