Hudson Maness is a violist and music teacher based in Kingston, Ontario. He regularly performs as principal or assistant principal violist with the Kingston Symphony and is a Strings Teaching Artist for Sistema Kingston.

His recent large-ensemble highlights include joining FILMharmonique for Fellowship of the Ring in Chicago, playing strings backup alongside Jordanian-American pianist Zade Dirani to sold out shows at Maison Symphonique and Théâtre Maisonneuve, and sitting principal viola for La Sinfonia de Lanaudière and Orchestre Fidelio. When performing, Hudson aligns his ideal mindset with that of Yo-Yo Ma, whose attitude is to serve the audience like the host of a party looking for opportunities to help his guests feel welcome.

Through his primary passion of teaching, Hudson strives to foster a supportive learning environment where students feel encouraged to develop their ability and unique artistic voice. He teaches violin and viola to students of all ages. Outside his personal studio Hudson teaches at Long & McQuade and maintains studios as a Certified Academy Teacher at Canada Music Academy and Montreal Academy of Music. Every available summer, he returns to Colorado to assist his first viola teacher of ten years with her orchestral camp and concert week at Western Academy of Music.

Hudson received his Master of Music under André Roy at McGill University and his Bachelor of Music from Indiana University Bloomington under Stephen Wyrczynski. Outside of music, Hudson loves coffee, history, and reading.