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Author Archives: Paul HodginsArts & Culture Senior Editor

Paul Hodgins was born in Canada, where he studied piano at the Royal Conservatory of Music and became a professional accompanist by the age of 20. Hodgins worked widely in Canada, the U.S. and the U.K. as an accompanist and music professor at Simon Fraser University, the Banff Centre for the Arts, Nonington College (Kent), Eastern Michigan University, and many festivals. He moved to the U.S. to pursue graduate studies in the 1980s and has lived here ever since, completing his doctorate in musical composition at the University of Southern California.

Hodgins was a professor of music at the University of California Irvine from 1985 to 1992, where he served as music director of the dance department and founding director of the Gassman Electronic Music Studio. After freelancing as a classical music critic at the San Diego Union-Tribune, he became an arts journalist and critic for The Orange County Register, where he wrote principally about theater and later about dance and classical music.

In addition to his expertise in the performing arts, Hodgins has written extensively about jazz, architecture, interior design and urban planning. For the last decade he has written a regular column about wine, beer and spirits for the Register.

Hodgins has written two books. Music, Movement and Metaphor, a study of dance-music relationships in 20th-century choreography, was published in 1992. The Winemakers of Paso Robles came out in 2017.

Hodgins remains active as an educator. He has been on the journalism faculty at California State University, Fullerton since 2001. He has also taught journalism at Cal State Long Beach and UCLA Extension.

Hodgins and his wife have lived in downtown Huntington Beach for 20 years. Some day he will learn how to surf.

Languages spoken: English

Areas of expertise: Orange County, theater, dance, music and arts issues.

Location

Orange County

Languages Spoken

English

Areas of Expertise

Theater
Dance
Music
Arts issues

Location Expertise

Orange County

Posted inAliso Viejo, ARTS & CULTURE, Music, Top Stories

Soka University’s Jazz Festival Packs a World into Three Days

by Paul Hodgins Sep 20, 2018Jul 8, 2021
Posted inARTS & CULTURE, Music, Top Stories

Philharmonic Society’s New Leader Talks About His Past and His Plans

by Paul Hodgins Sep 17, 2018Dec 8, 2020
Posted inARTS & CULTURE, Theater, Top Stories

She’s Janis Joplin for Life

by Paul Hodgins Sep 13, 2018Dec 8, 2020
Posted inARTS & CULTURE, Countywide, Culture, Top Stories

Is It Time for Local Arts Leadership to Reflect a Changing World?

by Paul Hodgins Sep 10, 2018Dec 8, 2020
Posted inTheater, Top Stories

South Coast Rep’s Season Opener Plays With a Classic and Gets Mixed Results

by Paul Hodgins Sep 10, 2018Dec 8, 2020
Posted inARTS & CULTURE, Top Stories

Welcome to the Arts & Culture Section of Voice of OC

by Paul Hodgins Sep 10, 2018Dec 8, 2020

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