About

Simon Dobson is an award winning composer, conductor, multi-instrumentalist, and producer.

His work as principal conductor and arranger with the London based Parallax Orchestra has seen him conduct critically acclaimed sell out shows with rock and metal bands at the prestigious Royal Albert Hall, and his studio and arranging work with the same outfit has lead to him working on many albums featured in the UK top 40, including the recent album ‘AMO’ by Bring Me The Horizon which reached UK no.1 in January 2019. Simon also undertakes conducting duties with the Southbank Sinfonia and the Heritage Orchestra.

Simon works extensively as an orchestral arranger and alongside writing (and often performing) brass and strings for almost 40 records to date, Simon regularly writes for London’s Heritage Orchestra and Amsterdam’s famous Metropole Orkest.

Simon began his career as a composer, and after studying with a scholarship at the Royal College of Music in London, Simon has worked to commission for the last fifteen years. His arrangements have been featured at the Proms. His works for wind and brass have been performed countless times around the world, earning him three British Composer Awards (BASCAs), most recently in 2018 for his work The Turing Test. Simon continues to push boundaries within the Brass and Wind scene writing classical contemporary music and concertos that challenge players and audiences alike around the globe.

As a performer Simon regularly tours the UK as a live session musician and his own project, Badcore Horns, has recently been signed to Brighton based DeepCake records. Simon has performed on over 50 albums and endorses JP trumpets and Aston Microphones. Simon was the most recent recipient of the PRS Composers Fund, and has received funding to make his second solo album of compositions which will be out towards the end of 2019.