Simon Dobson

To stand on the tip of Lands End and look out towards the Isles of Scilly is to view the remains of a once thriving kingdom. Lyonesse, like Plato's 'Atlantis', is the tale of a legendary sunken land....

Commissioned for as the set test piece for Section B of the 2007 European Brass Band Championships, this work takes its inspiration from many forms of music, but primarily from Drum 'n' Bass - althoug...

To some, the tragic story of the Penlee lifeboat, Solomon Browne, would need no introduction, and to some the pain felt is still very much a reality. The composer, born just a few weeks before that fa...

To some, the tragic story of the Penlee lifeboat, Solomon Browne, would need no introduction, and to some the pain felt is still very much a reality. The composer, born just a few weeks before that fa...

Simon Dobson's The Dreaded Groove and Hook, is an up tempo acid-jazz work for brass band, drawing its influences from bands such as Jamiroquai and The Youngblood Brass Band. The groove in question is...

Simon Dobson's The Dreaded Groove and Hook, is an up tempo acid-jazz work for brass band, drawing its influences from bands such as Jamiroquai and The Youngblood Brass Band. The groove in question is...

Simon Dobson composed his Clarion Alarum: Fanfare No.1 for Brass Band as his first piece following his appointment as composer-in-residence to the Leyland Band. The first performance of the work was g...

Duration: 2.5 minutes

Also available for Brass Band by Simon Dobson: '...And When The River Told...' Clarion Alarum The Dreaded Groove and Hook The Drop: Remixed Four Ske tches Lock Horns/Rage On Lyonesse Penlee Torsion

Also available for Brass Band by Simon Dobson: '...And When The River Told...' Clarion Alarum The Dreaded Groove and Hook The Drop: Remixed Four Ske tches Lock Horns/Rage On Lyonesse Penlee Torsion

Also available for Brass Band by Simon Dobson: '...And When The River Told...' Clarion Alarum The Dreaded Groove and Hook The Drop: Remixed Four Ske tches Lock Horns/Rage On Lyonesse Penlee Torsion

Another World's Hell is inspired by a passage in Aldous Huxley's classic 1932 science-fiction novel Brave New World, which describes in unusually close detail the music that is being played at a dance...

Another World’s Hell is inspired by a passage in Aldous Huxley’s classic 1932 science-fiction novel Brave New World, which describes in unusually close detail the music that is being played at a dance...

And When the River Told was commissioned by the Scottish Brass Band Association for the Scottish Open Championship, held on 20th November 2012 at the Perth Concert Hall. This colourful work takes one...