Guest Conducting Favorites:

A Festival Prelude                           Reed

Alpina Saga                                      Doss

American Overture for Band          Jenkins

American Salute                              Gould

Americans We                                  Filmore

And The Heart Replies                    McGinty

Armenian Dances                            Reed

Army of the Nile                               Alford

Candide                                            Bernstein

Celebrations                                     Zdechlik

Dynamica                                         Van der Roost

El Camino Real                                Reed

Esprit de Corps                               Jager

Eternal Father, Strong to Save      Smith

Fanfare and Allegro                        Williams

Fiesta

Firefly                                          

First Suite in Eb for Military Band

Godspeed!                                       Melillo

Hounds of Spring                            Reed

Incantation & Dance                        Zdechlik

Metroplex                                         Sheldon

Portrait of a City                              Sparke

Puszta                                              Van der Roost

Resplendent Glory                          Galante

Russian Christmas Music              Reed

Snow Caps                                      Saucedo

Stormworks                                     Melillo

Sunrise At Angels Gate                  Sparke

The Merry Widow

The Redwoods                                Galante

The Sorcery Suite                           Barnes

To A New Dawn                

Where Never Lark or Eagle Flew 

Advanced Groups:

March from Symphonic Metamorphosis        Hindemith

Paris Sketches                                             Elerby

Rocky Point Holiday                                  

Keith W. Hodgson, Conductor

President-Elect, New Jersey Music Educator’s Association

Conducting Experience

Professional Conducting Post:

The South Jersey Area Wind Ensemble

(1997 - present)

Recipient of the

2006 Sudler Silver Scroll Award

from the John Philip Sousa Foundation

Daily Conducting / Teaching Position:

Mainland Regional High School

Linwood, NJ  (1995 to present)

(Wind Ensemble/ Symphonic  Band, Jazz

Ensembles, Marching Band 1995-2006 , Pit Orchestra

and Numerous Chamber Ensembles)

1992-1995  Vernon Township High School Bands

1990-1992  Pompton Lakes High School Bands

European Summer Tour:

American Music Abroad - Gold Tour

Head Director - 2009, 2010, 2011

Symphonic Band Director - 00, 01, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08

Jazz Band Director - 98, 99

Guest Conducting Appearances:

February  2010    

CMEA Eastern Region ,  Groton, Connecticut

February - April 2009      

Rutgers University Concert Band,  E. Brunswick, NJ

February  2009      

Dauphin County Band,  Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

June 2008               

Laurel Music Camp,  Winsted, Connecticut

December 2007       

Rowan University, NJ  Concert Band

June 2007                 

Laurel Music Camp, Winsted, Connecticut

June 2006                

Laurel Music Camp, Winsted, Connecticut

January 2005           

Western Burlington County, NJ  Honors Band

March 2003           

Bucks County, PA   Junior High Honors Band

June 2002           

Pleasantville Presbyterrian  Church Choir, NJ

March 2002              

Brandywine Area, PA Middle School Honors Band

January 2002          

All-South Jersey, NJ Region III  Symphonic Band

April 1999                

Atlantic Brass Band, Woodstown, NJ

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REFERENCES

DR. PETER L. BOONSHAFT - HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY, NY

ED LISK - MIDWEST BOARD OF DIRECTORS - OSWEGO, NY

STEPHEN MELILLO - COMPOSER, EDUCATOR, CONDUCTOR

DR. CHRISTIAN WILHJELM - RIDGEWOOD CONCERT BAND

DR. JOHN PASTIN - ROWAN UNIVERSITY, NAVY BAND (Ret.)

SCOTT FRIEND - LAUREL MUSIC CAMP, WINSTED, CT.

DR. RUSSELL DEVER - SUPERINTENDENT, MAINLAND REGIONAL HS

Dauphin County Band, Pennsylvania

February 2009

Three Postcards from Manhattan

View: pdf of my Power Point Presentation from the

2006 NJ Music Educators Convention

“Musically Engaging Students...

One Director’s Approach”

Laurel Music Camp

Winsted, Connecticut

2006

2007

2008

NJ - Region III - Symphonic  Band

January 2002

Armenian Dances.................................Alfred Reed

Flight of Years.....................................Patrick Burns

And The Heart Replies......................Anne McGinty

Godspeed!......................................Stephen Melillo

To The Summit..............................Robert W. Smith

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1984    Kismet

1985    Annie

1986    The Music Man

1987    Bye Bye Birdie

1988    Sweeney Todd

            Sweet Charity

            Jesus Christ Superstar

1989    Kiss Me Kate

            Jim Haran, Musical Review

1990    You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown

            Camelot

            Into The Woods

            Hello Dolly

1991    Sweeney Todd

            Camelot

            Hello Dolly

            The Mystery of Edwin Drood

            Godspell

1992    Fiddler on the Roof               

1993    Into The Woods

1994    Kismet

1995    Little Shop of Horrors 

            Jesus Christ Superstar                

1996    Hello Dolly

1997    How To Succeed in Business...

1998    Oliver

1999    Into The Woods

2000    Anything Goes

2001    Pippin

2002    Fiddler On The Roof

2003    Applause  

2005    West Side Story

2006    Footloose

2007    The Wiz

2009    Once Upon A Mattress

2011    TBA

Reed

Doss

Jenkins

Gould

Filmore

McGinty

Reed

Alford

Bernstein

Zdechlik

Van der Roost

Reed

Jager

Smith

Williams

Sparke

George

Holst

Melillo

Reed

Zdechlik

Sheldon

Sparke

Van der Roost

Galante

Reed

Saucedo

Melillo

Sparke

Lehar

Galante

Barnes

Sparke

Curnow

Hindemith

Elerby

Nelson

SAMPLE JUNIOR HIGH HONORS BAND PROGRAMMING POSSIBILITIES

“I’m really impressed with what you have accomplished with the band...musically and organizationally and with the way you have centered matters on the player's abilities and repertoire to keep the strong interest of them and of your audiences.  The your leadership in the musical evolution of the band is something very impressive.”

Keith Brion

The New Sousa Band

Coming Soon

Ed Lisk

Oswego, NY / MidWest Board of Directors

Coming Soon

Peter Boonshaft

Hofstra University

".... He is charged with purpose, dedication and an unrelenting purpose of excellence."

Stephen Melillo

Composer

Coming Soon

Russell Dever

Superintendent, Mainland Regional HS

"As a teacher, his personal motivations and high expectations stimulates our students in working harder. His ability to transfer his love of music to his students is remarkable."   

Dr. Judith Koru,

Principal, Mainland Regional High School  

“I am also very happy that I had a chance to work with you again.  I'm looking forward to using parts of that warm-up packet on my own students.  I learned a lot just from watching you conduct!”

Megan Czechowicz

Manager, Eastern Region Honor Band

with Ed Lisk

2006

with Sgt Christopher Jones from West Point

& Ron Poorman

World Premiere - “LUMINOSITY” by Key Poulan

Keith & Jennifer Hodgson with Key Poulan and Ron & Karen Poorman

Composer, Stephen Melillo

and Ben Sotomeyer after the performance of David!  (2000)

with

Col. Arnald Gabriel

2009

Keith with Mike and Josephine Giacchino, parents of Michael Giacchino (composer of The Incredibles, Ratatouille, Alais, Lost, Up and the latest Star Trek).

After the SJAWE Concert in Ocean City 8/09 "Music from the Big Screen."

SJAWE’s 10th Anniversary Jubilee Concert

2006 Sudler Silver Scroll Award presented by the Sousa Foundation

Ron Poorman, Dr. Peter Boonshaft, Keith Hodgson, Dr. Chris Wilhjelm

With dear friends Jean Claude Frery,

Tom Murphy and John Bugosh,

after an American Music Abroad Concert

in Albano Terme, Italy (2004)