Director of Hilton High School Percussion Ensemble Tim Stodd

Tim Stodd holds a Master of Music from the Eastman School, and a Bachelor of Music from the University of Oregon. He is currently instrumental music teacher in the Hilton Central School District in Hilton, NY at Northwood Elementary School. He also serves as the President for the New York State Percussion Circuit – an organization founded in 1994, and is the Percussion Caption Head for The New York Federation of contest Judges. 

A former faculty member of SUNY Geneseo, Mr. Stodd established the Geneseo Percussion Ensemble in 1986, and served as Adjunct Professor of Percussion for the following ten years. He also served as Percussion Caption Head and/or Percussion Arranger for the Empire Statesmen Drum and Bugle Corps from 1985-2001, 2004, and the Percussion Caption Head/Arranger for the Rochester Crusaders Drum and Bugle Corps in 2003. Since 1995, Mr. Stodd has directed the Hilton High School Percussion Ensemble and has led the group to nine New York State Percussion Circuit Championship Titles. In 2006, Hilton High School was a WGI World PSA Finalist.

An experienced performer, Mr. Stodd has recorded for RCA Victor, CBS Masterworks, CBS Sony in Japan, and the National Television of Portugal. Among other highlights, Mr. Stodd was the timpanist on Wynton Marsalis’ Carnival – a Grammy-nominated recording. He is also the percussionist with the Flower City Society Orchestra, a group which performs period music for silent films. As a member of the FCSO, Mr. Stodd has recorded for Turner Classic Movies, and performed in Italy as part of the International Silent Film Festival.  Mr. Stodd is an active clinician and has adjudicated for DCI, WGI, YEA, NYSFBC, NYSSMA, and others. In academic year 2005-2006, he was a clinician for the New York State School Music Association Annual Winter Conference, and for the Percussive Arts Society Western NY Day of Percussion.

He has been featured in Drum Corps World, has written articles for The Rudimental Percussionist, and is published with G. Schirmer, Inc. Mr. Stodd resides in Rochester, NY with his wife Shelly.  For further information email Tim Stodd or call 585-392-1000 ext. 4220.