For more than 20 years Tim Francom has enjoyed a diverse performing and teaching career. Based in Toronto, he has performed and recorded with orchestras and ensembles across the province. He is the principal timpanist of London Symphonia, and Section Percussionist with the Windsor Symphony Orchestra, and regularly performs with many other groups including the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, the National Arts Centre Orchestra, and the Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra. Tim holds a Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) degree from the University of Toronto. His research focused on elements of Indian tabla repertoire and technique and gave him the unparalleled privilege of learning tabla with Ustad Ilmas Hussain Khan of Lucknow, India. Tim maintains a busy teaching studio in the Earlscourt neighbourhood of Toronto, and also teaches at Community Music Schools of Toronto in Regent Park.