Griffin
Griffin Hook (He/Him/His) is a Canadian composer based in Thornhill, Ontario. Griffin’s work is aimed toward both screen and stage; primarily focusing music for wind ensemble, film and television, video games, and musical theatre. His band works have been recorded, workshopped, & premiered by Westmount Collegiate Institute, Newmarket High School, Hart House Symphonic Band, the University of Toronto Wind Symphony, University of Toronto Wind Ensemble, National Youth Band of Canada, and Philharmonic Wind Orchestra of Singapore. Known for writing music that is cinematic and imaginative, Griffin’s unique compositional style blends traditional ensemble orchestration with the creative energy of film scores to create pieces and soundtracks that are exciting & enjoyable for musicians, conductors, ensembles, directors, and audiences alike.
As a graduate of the Comprehensive Studies program at the University of Toronto Faculty of Music and currently studying Music Scoring for Screen and Stage at Sheridan College, Griffin has had the opportunity to write music in collaboration with students in a variety of fields. Working with Sheridan Animation and Sheridan BFTV, Griffin has created original scores for their thesis films and partnered with students in UofT Computer Science, OCAD Digital Futures, Sheridan Game Design, and Centennial Game-Art to create soundtracks for independent video game projects featured at multiple renditions of the LevelUp Student Showcase. Griffin also focuses in audio recording/editing, digital audio synthesis, and conducting; being a two-time delegate of the York/OBA Wind Conductors’ Symposium and mixing/mastering reference recordings for his own compositions as performed by the University of Toronto Wind Symphony, University of Toronto Wind Ensemble, and Odin String Quartet.
Griffin is the winner of the Canadian Band Association’s 2024 Howard Cable Memorial Prize in Composition, a finalist in the 2024 WASBE International Composition Contest, had his scores displayed at the 2024 Midwest Clinic and has had his work included as part of the 2024 Oakville Film Festival. Griffin is also a winner of the 2024 CFMTA Student Composer Contest, a three-time winner of the ORMTA Music Writing Competition and three-time Eleanor Marzetti Scholarship recipient, as well as a two-time winner of the Kiwanis Original Composition Contest; among other awards and honourable mentions in competitions at city & provincial levels for over a decade.
