TIMOTHY HOEKMAN is Professor Emeritus of Vocal Coaching and Accompanying at Florida State University. He was at FSU from 1984 to 2022, teaching collaborative piano, coaching graduate voice majors, and teaching a variety of language and vocal literature classes for singers and pianists. He has presented master classes for singers and pianists at many colleges and universities throughout the U.S. and has served as adjudicator for vocal, piano, and composition competitions. He has also presented workshops at various events sponsored by the National Association of Teachers of Singing. Before moving to FSU, he taught piano for two years at East Carolina University.

In addition to his teaching, Hoekman is a highly experienced performer and coach, having performed as soloist and collaborative pianist in the U.S., Canada, Australia, and Europe. From 2012 to 2024, he was a Lieder coach at the American Institute for Musical Studies in Graz, Austria. From 1988 to 2011, he was on the music staff of Glimmerglass Opera (now called Glimmerglass Festival) in Cooperstown, NY, where he served as pianist, harpsichordist, vocal coach, assistant conductor, music administrator, and Co-Director of the Young American Artists Program. He was the artistic director of the South Georgia Opera from 1986 to 1993 and has also served as vocal coach for Florida Grand Opera, Des Moines Metro Opera, Michigan Opera Theater, Opera Grand Rapids, and the Peter Harrower Summer Opera Workshop.

He earned a D.M.A. degree in piano performance from the University of Michigan, where he studied with Theodore Lettvin. He received a B.A. degree from Calvin College and an M.M. degree in piano performance from Peabody Conservatory, where he was a student of Leon Fleisher. He has written articles for the Journal of Singing, American Music Teacher, and Voices: Opera America's Bulletin for Singers.

Hoekman was recently announced as the winner of the Delta Omicron 2025 Triennial Composition Competition for his Bagatelles for Clarinet and Piano, and in 2002 he was the MTNA-Shepherd Distinguished Composer of the Year for his song cycle To Make a Prairie, commissioned by the South Dakota Music Teachers Association. Other commissions have come from the Rawlins Piano Trio, the Coastal Carolina Chamber Music Festival, Georgia Southern University, and First Presbyterian Church of Tallahassee. Recordings of his works have been produced by Albany Records, Mark Records, and Azica Records. His compositions have been published by Theodore Presser, Recital Publications, Colla Voce Music, Plymouth Music Company, and Classical Vocal Reprints.

Hoekman lives with his wife and long-time recital collaborator, soprano Carla Connors, in Tallahassee, Florida.

Contact: timothyhoekman@gmail.com