John Frederick Hudson

John Frederick Hudson is an American composer, conductor and pianist based in London. Marked by bright, infectious rhythms and generous lyricism, his choral music is written to be sung, and is performed by choirs around the world.

He has composed music for the Scottish Coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla, broadcast live on BBC One and BBC Radio 3, and has written and performed for Queen Elizabeth II at Balmoral Castle and for King Charles III, then Prince of Wales, at Buckingham Palace. His I Sing the Body Electric was performed by the Delaware Choral Scholars at the World Choir Games in Auckland, New Zealand, where they were crowned Choir of the World, and his choral music has also been heard at ACDA. I Felt a Funeral, in My Brain won Best World Premiere at the International Chamber Choir Competition in Marktoberdorf, Germany. Larger works include Vita Nuova, a setting of Oscar Wilde for choir and orchestra, and Wild Earth Blazing for tenor Mark Padmore CBE, horn player Ben Goldscheider and the London Mozart Players.

A passionate advocate for choral craft, he wrote and produced the Choral Writing Masterclass film series with VOCES8, part of a collection of free online masterclasses that has reached more than 100,000 viewers, and is a published author with James Jordan through GIA Publications. He is Artistic Director of JAM (the John Armitage Memorial Trust) in London.

Hudson studied at Westminster Choir College in Princeton and holds a PhD in Composition from the University of Aberdeen, where he studied with Paul Mealor LVO. His music is published by Lorenz, GIA Publications, Beckenhorst Press and Tŷ Cerdd, with further works available at johnfrederickhudson.com.