Simon Dewhurst

Oboe

Orchestral

2024                London Concert Orchestra - Oboe 1
2023-2024      The Who UK tour with orchestra - Oboe 1
2023                RTÉ Concert Orchestra - Guest Sub-Principal and Oboe 2
2022                World premiere run of touring opera Take Care by Douglas Finch - Lakeside Arts Theatre, Nottingham
2021-2022       Lytham Festival Proms concerts, with soloists Russell Watson and Alfie Boe - Oboe 1
2020-2022      ‘Queen Symphonic’ UK tour and festival concerts (MD Richard Sidwell) - Oboe 1
2019                ‘Led Zeppelin Masters’ UK tour with orchestra - Oboe 1
                        ‘Hollywood Proms’, Lytham Festival with soloists Michael Ball & Sheridan Smith (MD James McKeon)
2018                 Steve Hackett ‘Genesis Revisited’ UK tour with orchestra - Oboe 1
2017                 ‘Led Zeppelin Masters’ UK tour with orchestra - Oboe 1
2016-2019       ‘West End Proms’ concerts, with soloists Lea Salonga & Ruthie Henshall (MD James McKeon)
2016-2017        English Symphony Orchestra - Oboe 1 & 2
2012                 ‘Il Divo’ UK & Ireland arena tour, plus two performances at the Royal Albert Hall
2010-Present    Southern Sinfonia - Oboe 1, 2 & Cor Anglais
2008-Present    Armonico Consort; Welsh Chamber Orchestra; Regency Sinfonia; Bach Camerata - Oboe 1 & 2
2004-2008        Touring operas including Die Fledermaus, Tosca, Turandot and Armonico Consort’s production of The
                         Magic Flute - Buxton Opera House, Theatre Royal, Brighton etc.
2002                 Haverhill Sinfonia - Oboe 1
2000-2001        Cyprus Symphony Orchestra - Principal
1999-2000        London Soloists Chamber Orchestra - Principal
1998-2000        Belmont Ensemble of London; Chameleon Arts Orchestra - Oboe 1 & 2

Recordings

2022                   Film music soundtrack sessions - AIR Studios, London
2021                  ‘The Shape of Freedom’ (Convivium Records) - Oboe & solo cor anglais with Southern Sinfonia
2018                  Steve Hackett ‘Genesis Revisited’ Band & Orchestra Live at the Royal Festival Hall (CD/DVD) - Oboe 1
2015                  Henry V Music and Speeches (Royal Shakespeare Company)
                           ‘Songs of Praise’ (BBC TV series) - Performance of wind quintet music (MD Paul Leddington-Wright)
2006                   ‘All Angels’ (Universal Classics & Jazz) - Solo oboe/Oboe 1
1997              ‘Picture This’ (BBC TV series) - Solo oboe on the soundtrack

Theatre

2015-2019        Recordings and staged productions for the Royal Shakespeare Company - Swan Theatre/RST
2007-Present    Musical theatre productions including:
                              Pirates of Penzance, Oklahoma! - Kilworth House Theatre (MD Mathew Freeman)
                              Cats - Birmingham NIA (MD Paul Leddington-Wright)
                              Oliver! - Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham (MD Mathew Freeman)
                              Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, The Little Mermaid - Crewe Lyceum (MD Malcolm Forbes-Peckham)

Solo and Chamber Music

2013                Premiere performance and recording of ‘Fit for a King’ for wind quintet, commissioned and                                      composed by Central Composers’ Alliance
2006                Mozart Oboe Concerto 250th anniversary concert & recording at Lichfield Cathedral
2003                Marcello Oboe Concerto with Cantemus Chamber Orchestra
2000                Two recitals at Bath International Festival with Chameleon Wind Quintet
2000                 Park Lane Group Young Artists Concerts: Purcell Room recital with Beaumont Reed Trio, including
                         ‘Rondell’ by Isang Yun and a world premiere for trio and tape broadcast on BBC Radio Three
1999                Resident Artist with Chameleon Wind Quintet at Banff Festival & Centre for the Arts, Canada
1998-2000        Solo and chamber music recitals at Binham Priory, Ryedale, Lichfield and Warwick Festivals
1998                Park Lane Group Young Artists Concerts: Purcell Room recital with Chameleon Wind Quintet,                                   including works by Diana Burrell, Martyn Butler and Philip Grange
1997               Chameleon Wind Quintet recital for the the Lindsay String Quartet’s ‘Music in the Round’ series
1996-Present Solo and chamber music recitals with several ensembles for festivals, music societies and concert                            series throughout Britain and abroad. Venues include Wigmore Hall, Southbank Centre,
                         St-Martin-in-the-Fields, Barber Institute, Bath Guildhall and Cheltenham Town Hall
1996                 Vaughan Williams Oboe Concerto with New London String Orchestra
1995                Blake Prize (RAM) for wind chamber music

Education

1992-1996       BMus(Hons) - Music Performance: Royal Academy of Music / King’s College, London
1992-1995       Licentiate of the Royal Academy of Music

Professors     Celia Nicklin, Melinda Maxwell

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Instruments
Oboe, Cor Anglais, Oboe d'Amore