Jeffery S, Hodge is a native of Mabank, TX, where his parents Linda Williams and Gary Hodge still reside.  Jeff graduated with his B.S. of Music from Texas A&M University of Commerce in 2002, and his M.M. in Percussion Performance from the University of Arkansas in 2007.

Jeff has been working with drumlines since 1995 all across Texas, and in 2006 taught the University of Arkansas Marching Drumline.  Since 2007 Jeffery has been a Percussion Professor at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas where he instructs and arranges for the TCU Drumline.

Jeffery has performed with the North Arkansas Symphony Orchestra, the Laredo Wind Symphony, and the El Paso Symphony Orchestra.  In addition to his concert percussion performances, Jeffery has performed at the Percussive Arts Society International Convention on five occasions and has played concerts in several venues across the United States, including:  Austin, Branson (MO), Las Vegas, Little Rock (AR), Washington D.C., and in nine countries across Europe.

Jeffery has studied percussion with Dr. Brian West, Larry White, Chalon Ragsdale, Dr. Brian Zator, Nathan Bonvouri, Gordon Stout, and Michael Burritt and has performed concerts with Paul Rennick, Dr. Brian West, She-e Wu, Keiko Abe, Darren Dyke and Bob Becker.