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James Willey
January 18, 2021
I've known Syd since my undergraduate days at the Eastman School of Music both as a friend and as a composer. Syd was a find for all the schools he taught at. At the level of technique and musical language, Syd knew the literature; had conducted, learned and taught music in all the styles that evolved during his lifetime; and could conduct, describe and/or teach them - whatever was needed. He was a deeply serious man who could also be outrageously funny - and sometimes astonishingly astonishing. He knew how to do that. I will miss him, his voice, his personality. And by the way with coldest certainty I believe his 5th and 7th String Quartets to be amongst the finest quartets written in the last 100 years. They are good in every way. He never stopped developing his voice. Syd Hodkinson was a fine composer, a good friend, spectacular teacher and just plain fine resident of the planet. What a loss!!
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