Photo by Marvin Van Wyck

On the CD To Make a Prairie; American songs by Timothy Hoekman, Lee Hoiby, Richard Hundley, and John Duke; Carla Connors, soprano; Timothy Hoekman, pianist; Mark Records 7890-MCD, 2008

". . . a modern art song recording that is praiseworthy in every respect. Hoekman shares the spotlight in this collection with Lee Hoiby, John Duke, and Richard Hundley—a formidable group indeed—but Hoekman's songs are just as impressive and memorable. . . . beyond his highly effective vocal writing, Hoekman (not surprisingly) crafts his piano accompaniments with a splashy sense of theatrical flamboyance and plays them brilliantly. 'Two Butterflies Went Out at Noon,' the last of his four Emily Dickinson songs, features some especially dazzling piano work that somehow manages to enhance rather than upstage the soprano's lovely singing. Hoekman is also the most accomplished of these four composers when it comes to setting texts with clarity and sensitivity. Nearly every single word is easily understood, which is as much a tribute to Hoekman's compositional skill as it is to Connors's attentiveness to articulation. . . . It is also gratifying to hear such a variety of colors and textures, including some refreshing forays into coloratura fireworks, something very seldom heard in modern art song. . . . The disk opens with Hoekman's exquisitely crafted To Make a Prairie, in which he flawlessly captures the varied hues of four of Emily Dickinson's finest poems. . . . American Lyrics, based on poems by five different poets, features an even wider array of styles and moods. It culminates in a spectacular setting of e. e. cummings's 'i am so glad and very' . . . Hoekman may have only been in his mid-twenties when he composed Seven Housman Songs, but it's a work of impressive assurance and maturity."
- Gregory Berg, Journal of Singing

On the CD Attracting Opposites: New Music for Piano Trio; The Rawlins Piano Trio with soprano Carla Connors; Azica Records, ACD-71282, 2013. Also available to stream on Spotify.

On the CD From the Heartland; baritone Robert Peavler, soprano Alissa Deeter, pianist Arlene Shrut; Albany Records, Troy 1349, 2012. Also available to stream on Spotify.

On the CD To Sun, To Feast, and To Converse; soprano Terry Rhodes, mezzo-soprano Ellen Williams, pianist Timothy Hoekman; Albany Records, Troy 172, 1995. Also available to stream on Spotify.

A hymn tune included on the LP recording We Come, O Christ, to You; Dordt College Choir, CRC Publications M-1002, 1985

Thirty-nine songs by Madeleine Dring; mezzo-soprano Wanda Brister, tenor Stanford Olsen, pianist Timothy Hoekman; Cambria Master Recordings, CD-1205, 2013. Also available to stream on Spotify.



"This generous collection . . . offers up essentially all of the composer’s so-called classical art songs. . . . Pianist Timothy Hoekman . . . is a superb partner to both singers, and he seems to relish the rich opportunities presented to him by these colorful songs. He demonstrates the utmost sensitivity and delicacy when that is called for, but can also summon up thundering power or luscious warmth. He seems to have every conceivable musical color at his disposal."
- Gregory Berg, Journal of Singing

Music by Marcel Bitsch, Robert Schumann, Herbert Howells, Gaetano Donizetti, Edmund Rubbra, Frank Martin, and Charles Colin; oboist Eric Ohlsson, pianist Timothy Hoekman; Mark Records 6146-MCD, 2005