Tim Hodson

I have been working within the field of community music for the past five years as a music leader but with many varying roles. I am primarily a percussionist, music teacher and workshop leader but after a recent promotion my role has been more divisive, working within a team to plan termly objectives and deliver a curriculum that identifies the needs of the target learning group. In all cases my focus has been on the community to use music and the arts as a tool for engaging, enlivening and interacting with different social groups within the ‘hard-to-reach’ sector of society.

My most recent position was Head of Percussion with In Harmony England working with primary schools in deprived areas to re-engage children with education by teaching general music and percussion. Our after school prevision focused on forming a one hundred strong symphony orchestra and two chamber groups that performed in schools, universities and churches. I was in charge of the percussion team and my role included writing the mid term, weekly and daily plans for the in-school prevision, devising ways of teaching the syllabus including games, songs and activities and arranging classical compositions to be made playable at primary school level.

My strengths are in formulating highly ambitious termly plans and energetic, vibrant and exciting daily lesson plans aimed at engaging children on all levels with minimal talking and maximum playing allowing ‘complete submersion’ in the music. My techniques have helped to inspire children to learn and even become better pupils. In fact, a recent survey conducted by Priory research found that learning on the In Harmony program was improving the pupils literacy, numeracy and attendance at school by up to 20%.

I started out in life as a professional drummer and played many gigs including Glastonbury Festival, Radio 1’s Maida Vale Studios and even a tour of prisons in the West Midlands. This is where I became interested in helping young offenders as I realised the potential of music to engage people who otherwise feel completely removed from the community. These people can pose a great risk to society and are often very costly, placing a great burden on the welfare state. Music has been proven to captivate them, inspiring them to engage themselves and focus on something bringing about change in their lives on many levels.

PRESENT EMPLOYMENT

In Harmony 08/2010 – Present date
Location: Norwich
Position: Head of Percussion
Duties:
 Working on government funded social Project ‘In Harmony’ aimed at reaching children ‘at risk’ from
social exclusion, drugs, depravation etc.
 Teaching violin, cello, double bass and percussion to primary school children in deprived areas.
 Planning, preparing and leading new repertoire
 Organising performances and conducting.

S.C.A.M.P.S 04/2010 – Present Date
Location: Norwich
Position: Music tutor
Duties:
 Visiting primary schools and teaching drums and guitar
 Managing and updating registers and timetables.
 Teaching grades up to grade 5
 Teaching classes of up to six students on a weekly basis.

PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT

Primary Workshops for Schools 08/2009 – 04/2010
Location: East Anglia, East Midlands and London
Position: Workshop Organiser
Duties:
 Attending pre-arranged appointments with head teachers to advise on workshops and negotiate
structures
 Developed and devised unique workshops specialised for Children with Learning Difficulties
 General administration and office duties.

The English Experience 08/2008 – 08/2009
Location: England and Italy
Position: Music Teacher, Workshop Leader
.Duties:
 Leading musical, dramatic and sports activities for children aged 12 – 18 learning English as a foreign
language
 Organising flight transfers
 Leading activities, running workshops, organising summer camp shows, running rehearsals.
 Writing schedules, managing the budget for activities
 Ensuring Health and Safety of the groups
 General administration and office duties

Rideout – Creative Arts for Rehabilitation January 2009
Location: West Midlands
Position: Actor and Percussionist
Duties:

 Performing and rehearsing for a show to engage inmates into discussions on gang violence.
 Conduct forums following performances to induce discussions with inmates.
 Engaging with ‘at risk’ children from local schools through forums in between shows.

Terre Sans Frontiere, October 2009
Location: Tangier, Morocco.
Position: Drummer/percussionist/arranger:
Duties:
 Working alongside an international team to raise money for street children in Morocco through a
series of musical performances..
 Taught homeless children music, art and sculpture.
 Developed relationships with the local towns and people
 Devised workshops on a weekly and daily basis


PERFORMANCE AND RECORDING

Absolute Management Current
Location: Norwich and London
Position: Drummer and Arranger

Jackie Davidson Management 2009 - 2010
Location: London
Position: Drummer and Arranger
Credits:
Performing at a Radio 1 Maida Vale
recording session for Raz Kwame.
Shooting a music video.

OTHER WORK

Greater London Authority 04/2008 – 08/2008
Location: London
Position: Media Monitor
Duties:
 Reading and researching all daily broadsheets and tabloids for news stories relative to the G.L.A.
 Cutting, pasting, scanning articles into daily reports.
 Researching online and other print based media for ongoing, monthly projects.
 Chronicled the Mandela Statue Project.

CBS Media 05/2007 – 03/2008
Location: Norwich
Position: Editorial Assistant
Duties:
 I worked on international industry publication Euroasia Magazine.
 Interviewing MD's of major industrial companies in Africa, Europe and Asia.
 Writing interviews into articles of length 2,000 to 5,000 words
 Conducting online reports for monthly features articles e.g. environment, technology etc.

Esprit 11/2006 – 04/2007
Location: Tignes-le-lac, France
Position: Bar Manager
Duties:
 Serving customers from their long day on the slopes!
 Stock taking, cashing up and General facilities duties

Ministry of Sound 06/2006 – 10/2006
Location: London
Position: Marketing and Press Department (Intern)
Duties:
 Researching articles on relative music
 Promotional work, calling DJ’S, putting packages together
 Attending weekly staff meetings and contributing thoughts and ideas
 Sound editing, updating MySpace, managing emails
 Worked on the ‘Beat Freaks Video’ organising the props for T4 Music

None

Grade 8 Contemporary Drumming
2.1 Commercial Music Degree
H.N.D. Popular Music Studies

None

University of Westminster; Commercial Music BA (Hons.) 2.1

Access to Music, Norwich; HND in Popular Music; Grade 6 Electric Bass Guitar; Grade 8 in Contemporary Drumming

Paston College: A levels in Media, Performing Arts and Sociology

Two drum kits; One Premier APK, One Pearl Rhythm Traveller,
One Marimba, 15 various djembe's
One Yamaha TRB Bass

Other important qualities are my personal skills as you have to be very amicable, tolerant and above all patient in the world of live music as in the studio. I am a great organiser and motivator of people and have made many succesful projects out of it. My particular skill is arrangement of other peoples music for a live setting. Being a drummer I can map out the song and it's rhythmical impact from start to finish with the most musical effect in a way that other musicians sometimes overlook. Playing the bass has given me another aspect of my rhythmical diversity and helps me write structured back-lines to all kinds of music.

Any

Breakbeat
Drum n Bass
Funk
Garage
Hip Hop
Jazz
R&B
Reggae
Rock

Bass
Drums
Percussion
Marimba

Artist liaison
Club Work
Community projects
Composition
Dance
Film / TV
Hospitality / Corporate
Journalism
Live Performance
Marketing
Music Industry Contacts
PR
Presenting
Production
Radio
Recording
Recording Studio
Sight Reading
Theatre
UK Touring
Video

Cubase
Logic Pro
Microsoft Office

United Kingdom

European Union