• 12 Jun 2025, 6 p.m., Online, International, None, Find out more and register:

Free online workshop open to composers of all levels.

John De Simone leads a session on writing for tuba.

6-7pm including approx. 40 min talk with a Q&A session at the end. Please note that although we try to wrap-up opensound sessions by 7pm, they often run over by 5-10 mins.

Biography 

John De Simone studied postgraduate composition at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and the Royal Conservatoire, The Hague where he graduated with distinction. He gained his PhD from the University of St Andrews and the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in 2010 where he was lecturer until 2020, after which he took up his current post as Senior Lecturer in Composition at the University of Aberdeen. 

He has enjoyed regular commissions throughout his career and has written for numerous groups including the BBC SSO, The Edinburgh Quartet, Red Note Ensemble, Aurelia Sax Quartet, the Mondriaan String Quartet, Percussion Group The Hague, Ensemble Klang, Kluster 5 and the New Juilliard Ensemble,. His music has been performed in several major festivals including, Verona Risuona, FUSELeeds, BBC Tectonics, Spitalfields, Gaudeamus and Gothenburg GAS festival and broadcast on national and international radio. From 2016-18 he was the inaugural Composer in Residence for sound festival. 

He is director and founder of Ensemble Thing, one of Scotland's leading new music groups. 

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