Tim Jones

Portrait of Tim Jones

Tim is a singer, performer, composer, teacher and workshop facilitator. He currently teaches at Goldsmiths College, London,(UK) and runs an extensive public workshop Programme.

He has pioneered a method of voice teaching, The Nature of Sound that draws on both his long study of South Indian music and Bhakti (devotion) spiritual traditions with K.R. Sivasankara Pannikar, Amerta Movement with Master Suprapto Suryodarmo, and his experience as a qualified Craniosacral Therapist.

The Nature of Sound invites inquiry into the rasa (often translated as juice, colour or flavour) of our lives experienced in each moment, and accessed through the simple acts of singing and moving. A sense of heart, beauty, embodied knowledge and humour is present in his teaching.

Tim has also had a lively performance life. He has composed for Indian classical dance, sung with Opera Factory and worked extensively as both singer and storyteller with the South Bank Gamelan Players. His commissioned solo show The Legend of St. Julian toured the U.K., Europe and India, and was adapted for television in India. He has toured programmes of South Indian classical music in the U.K. and Germany, together with programmes such as Bach, Dikshitar und Mehr that reflect his interest in the meetings of musical cultures. He is currently preparing to tour 'The Navagraha Kritis - Nine Planet Songs', new settings of the 19th century astrological song cycle by Muthuswamy Dikshitar.

In recent years his interest in inter-cultural dialogue has seen him develop Songworlds, process-oriented teaching/performance projects hosted in Bulgaria, Germany and Ireland, that look at the "resonant field" of individual and cultural memory through melody and song. Tim also co-hosts an annual international seminar in Italy, Sound, Dreams and New Thoughts exploring cultural roots and shared humanity through the accessing of the knowledge embedded in both dream and sound.

The leading British composer Judith Weir has called Tim's voice "a unique blend of virtuosity and human approachability".

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