Sidney Hopson

A member of the GRAMMY®-nominated ensemble Wild Up, Sidney Hopson is a consummate percussionist, composer, and cultural policy consultant from Los Angeles. In his hometown, he has appeared with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, LA Opera, LA Chamber Orchestra, and LA Master Chorale. An alum of the Academy Awards Orchestra, Spoleto Festival USA, Ojai Festival, Lincoln Center Festival, and Coachella Festival, he has recorded on over 100 film and television soundtracks, including: Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, Coming 2 America, Encanto, PRIDE (FX), and Avatar: The Way of Water. He has performed and recorded with a broad range of artists, including Adele, John Adams, Earth Wind & Fire, Danny Elfman, Chaka Khan, Ricky Martin, the New York Philharmonic, Rihanna, the Roots, Kaija Saariaho, John Williams, and Stevie Wonder. He has presented percussion masterclasses and arts policy lectures at the Juilliard School, USC, Butler University, and the Music Academy of the West.