Andrew Hodges

Andrew Hodges is a free-lance musician and teacher, with world-wide experience in group facilitation. He is currently researching intuitive group improvisation in non-musicial situations. Andrew trained as a violinist at the Royal Academy of Music. His professional career has been wide and various including having been Head of Music in a central London school, global sales manager for an international corporate, joint-owner of a retreat centre (Le Cotil) in Normandy, world-wide sales skills trainer, Managing Director of his own business coaching company (AHA! Coaching) and partner in a personal development company (Entracte).

He currently works as a free-lance musician based in the Gloucestershire area where he is actively involved in a variety of musical activities including violin tuition, composition and arranging, facilitating group music improvisation workshops for schools and colleges, delivering business leadership programmes which employ the medium of music improvisation.

In his role as Community Director of Sound Travels Sound Forum he is a writer, editor & business consultant for the www.soundtravels.co.uk website.

Andrew Hodges Andrew Hodges is associated with the following Groups (e.g. institutions, schools, bands, societies etc.)

Sound Travels

Posted: 15 Sep 2009 from: Andrew Hodges Category: General Discussions

Debunking

I found James dAngelos article refreshingly clear. It has been my view for quite some time that Chakras dont have absolute pitches attached to them. We are all different and if we see each other just as musical instruments then of necessity we are all different lengths and volumes. It is inevitable we that we will resonate differently. Whereread more

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Posted: 13 Jul 2009 from: Andrew Hodges Category: Composition

Reaction to Initial Rehearsals of My Latest Composition

If I hadnt been heavily steeped in the improvising experience I think I might have had a very uncomfortable evening when my latest piece was placed in front of one orchestra I know and love. (Ill leave their name blank because what I have to say could apply to any band whatever their level of ability.) I am sure other composers go through the read more

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Posted: 08 May 2009 from: Andrew Hodges Category: Improvisation

Thoughts about the next Lifesound workshop

My next Lifesound Workshop is on the 16th May and as we are now just a few days away the preparations for it are beginning to come to fruition. Recent research as part my PhD have begun to reveal some new approaches that can be taken with group intuitive improvisation and I am very keen to see how they play out with the next group workshop. read more

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Posted: 28 Apr 2009 from: Andrew Hodges Category: General Discussions

Sitting Comfortably

We often find ourselves sitting on the floor, possibly in front of a client or an audience of avid listeners, or in a yoga session leading a meditation wondering just how much should we be paying attention to what we&rsquore doing and how much we are actually putting on the pins and needles in our legs or the gradually increasing muscular pain at read more

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Posted: 16 Dec 2009 from: Andrew Hodges

Whats the Value of a Sound-Worker?

As we mentioned in our last newsletter, Sustainability and Healing our much-abused Planet will be the over-riding theme for our Sound Community in the coming months. To add the debate you m read more

Posted: 27 Nov 2009 from: Andrew Hodges

The Mystique of Chartres Cathedral

The Mystique of Chartres Cathedral Susan Hales said in one of her posts Chartres Cathedral is one of the acoustic wonders of the world, a place where even whispers sound like angels. I recen read more

Posted: 25 Mar 2009 from: Andrew Hodges

Improvisational Worlds

New Horizons for both the Musician and the Non-musician , Trained or Untrained This short article describes how the potential of music improvisation might offer an effective route for the progress read more

Posted: 17 Mar 2009 from: Andrew Hodges

The TROUBLE WITH IMPROVISATION Part 2 of Just Firefighting

There is a major problem with improvisation as a metaphor because musicians and composers are unable to agree what improvisation is. In some arts circles improvisation is even regarded with some sus read more

Posted: 07 Jul 2008 from: Andrew Hodges

Just Firefighting?

One or two people may know that whilst I can turn my hand to a decent bit of violin improvisation I spend a considerable amount of time working with the business community developing business teams. read more

Posted: 10 Oct 2007 from: Andrew Hodges

The Magic of Group Free Intuitive Music Improvisation

There are many different interpretations of the meaning of music improvisation. For many, when music improvisation is mentioned, jazz or Indian music may be brought to mind. Others may have experience read more

Introducing the New Sound Forum to the Forum Members

Andrew Hodges - Sound Travels Community Director - announces the relaunch of the upgraded Sound Travels Sound Forum

Forum Introduction

Andrew Hodges, Sound Forum Community Director, outlines the latest features of the new site.