Simon Cole 2024
Melody Writing / Original Composition Adjudicator
SIMON COLE has been working professionally
as a clarinetist since the age of 15. He considers himself to be a self-taught
composer using his many years of orchestral and chamber music and music study
to inform his compositional style.
Mr. Cole believes music should speak to the time it is composed
in, that it should even in its darkest moments have beauty and that it
need not depend on superficial effect.
Simon’s latest performed works include, A Northern suite which was originally the score to an animated movie
for chamber orchestra, Dark Forest,
performed by the Toronto Symphony and The
Return. He also composed a number of chamber works and pieces for students.
Mr. Cole’s orchestral work Kalinnisky Duff was
recorded by the late great conductor Georg Tintner. He also
performed Rhapsody for clarinet and piano as guest
soloist for the International Clarinet Association.
Simon’s compositions have been broadcast Provincially and Nationally on
CBC.
