about the composer

Hi, I’m 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. 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.

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awards

Cape Breton Skies

  • ​Winner, Canada

  • 2024 Howard Cable Memorial Prize in Composition (Canadian Band Association)

​​Rocky Mountain Portraits

  • ​​​First-Place Winner, Canada

  • ​CFMTA Student Composer Competition 2024| Class D: Open

  • ​​​First-Place Winner, Ontario (Eleanor Marzetti Scholarship)

  • ORMTA Music Writing Competition 2024 | Class D: Open

Thrill of Adventure

  • Finalist, Worldwide

  • WASBE International Composition Contest 2024 | Category 3: BREAKTHROUGH 

​​A Hero's Quest

  • First-Place Winner, Toronto

  • Kiwanis Festival Original Composition 2024 | Ensemble: Age 19-28 ​

​The Witch Hunt

  • ​​First-Place Winner, Ontario (Eleanor Marzetti Scholarship)

  • ORMTA Music Writing Competition 2023 | Class D: Open

​Pictures of Paricutin

  • First-Place Winner, Toronto

  • Kiwanis Festival Original Composition 2023 | Ensemble: Age 19-28 

A Trumpeter's Lament

  • ​​First-Place Winner, Ontario (Eleanor Marzetti Scholarship)

  • ORMTA Music Writing Competition 2020 | Class D: Open

Genesis

  • Second-Place Winner, Ontario

  • ORMTA Music Writing Competition 2019 | Class D: Open

Panic Attack!

  • Second-Place Winner, Ontario

  • ORMTA Music Writing Competition 2019 | Class C: 19 & Under

Brain Teaser

  • Second-Place Winner, Ontario

  • ORMTA Music Writing Competition 2018 | Class B1: 15 & Under, Instrumental

festivals

Cloudbound (in collaboration with Sheridan Game Design)

  • Participant at the 2025 LevelUp Student Showcase

Niko’s Pawsome Adventure (in collaboration with Sheridan Game Design)

  • Participant at the 2025 LevelUp Student Showcase

Ultima 5000 (short film by Sofia Mazzotta) 

  • Featured as part of the 2024 Oakville Film Festival

Meow Tunes (in collaboration with UofT Computer Science & Centennial Game Art)

  • ​Honourable Mention for Technical Innovation at the 2023 LevelUp Student Showcase

ChromaCity (in collaboration with UofT Computer Science & OCAD Digital Futures)

  • Participant at the 2023 LevelUp Student Showcase

nominations

Cape Breton Skies

  • Honorary Mention, Worldwide (Top 6)

  • WASBE International Composition Contest 2024 | Category 1: Grade 3-3.5

Overtonal (Solo Piano Version)

  • Honorary Mention, Ontario (Top 6)

  • ORMTA Music Writing Competition 2020 | Class C: 19 & Under

Night on the Town

  • ​Honorary Mention, Ontario (Top 5)

  • ORMTA Music Writing Competition 2016 | Class B1: 15 & Under, Instrumental

areas of study

Music Technology

  • Composition for Film

  • Composition for Video Games

  • Multi-Media Composition

  • Digital Audio, Music Recording, Mixing & Mastering

Composition

  • Wind Ensemble Composition

  • ​Orchestration

  • Composition for Percussion

Conducting

  • Wind Ensemble

  • Orchestra

ensemble experience

Hart House Symphonic Band (2024-2026)

  • Treasurer (2025-2026)

Toronto Youth Wind Orchestra (2020-2021, 2024-2025)

University of Toronto Wind Symphony (2020-2024) 

  • Ensemble Manager (2022-2024)​

Claude Watson Pit Orchestra (2023)

  • Guest Musician (Into the Woods)

Toronto Youth Symphonic Winds (2019-2020)

Westmount Symphonic Winds (2016-2020)

  • ​Section Leader (2018-2020)

Westmount ARTS Band (2016-2020) 

  • ​Section ​Leader (2018-2020)

Westmount Jazz Band (2016-2020)

​Section Leader(2018-2020)