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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.

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Theater
Dance
Music
Arts issues

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O.C. Performing Arts Groups Look for New Normal

Avatar photo by Paul Hodgins Sep 9, 2022Sep 8, 2022 Why you can trust Voice of OC
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Pacific Chorale Joins the L.A. Phil to Help Bring Mozart Movie to Life

Avatar photo by Paul Hodgins Aug 19, 2022Aug 20, 2022 Why you can trust Voice of OC
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A Concert Helps Heal the Wounds of a Senseless Tragedy at Laguna Woods Church

Avatar photo by Paul Hodgins and Eric Marchese Aug 5, 2022Aug 5, 2022 Why you can trust Voice of OC
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Pacific Symphony and South Coast Repertory Collaborate to Bring Salieri to Life

Avatar photo by Paul Hodgins May 20, 2022May 20, 2022 Why you can trust Voice of OC
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Violinist’s Piazzolla Passion Project Finally Comes to Life

Avatar photo by Paul Hodgins May 13, 2022May 12, 2022 Why you can trust Voice of OC
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Hodgins: O.C. Arts Groups Emerge From Pandemic With New Ideas and Strengthened Resolve

Avatar photo by Paul Hodgins Mar 18, 2022Mar 17, 2022 Why you can trust Voice of OC
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Delfeayo Marsalis Says His Style of Jazz is What O.C. Needs Right Now

Avatar photo by Paul Hodgins Mar 11, 2022Mar 10, 2022 Why you can trust Voice of OC
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Pacific Symphony Returns with an Ambitious Season

Avatar photo by Paul Hodgins Mar 1, 2022Mar 1, 2022 Why you can trust Voice of OC
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Soka Performing Arts Center’s 10th Anniversary Season Arrives Late, But Maybe That’s a Good Thing

Avatar photo by Paul Hodgins Feb 23, 2022Feb 28, 2022 Why you can trust Voice of OC
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Looking Ahead at Arts and Culture in 2022

Avatar photoAvatar photoAvatar photo by Joel Beers, Richard Chang, Kristina Garcia, Paul Hodgins, Anne Marie Panoringan and Kaitlin Wright Dec 31, 2021Jan 4, 2022 Why you can trust Voice of OC

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