Professor Woodrow Hodges is an active performer as well as a music educator. He is a bassoonist for the Kenosha Symphony and performs in several smaller ensembles throughout the year. He teaches music theory, applied woodwinds, woodwind methods, and exploring music. He also is involved with the First Methodist Church's Chancel Choir. A winner of the coveted Helmut Schaeffer Award for lifetime service to the Kenosha Symphony, Professor Hodges currently serves as an advisor to the KSO Board of Directors.
He is a member of the College Band Directors National Association, the Wisconsin Music Educators Association, Kappa Kappa Psi, a professional band fraternity, and Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, a professional music fraternity. A graduate of Southwestern College, he earned his M.A. and Ph.D. at the University of Iowa. He joined the Carthage faculty in 1977.