Simon Proctor


Simon Proctor is a British composer and pianist, known for his works for unusual instruments.

Education

Proctor graduated from the Royal Academy of Music where he gained the GRSM degree, LRAM diploma in piano and several prizes for composition, orchestration and piano.

Career

His best-known work, the Concerto for Serpent and Orchestra, was written in 1987 when the composer was attached to the University of South Carolina. Its premiere, with the soloist Alan Lumsden and the University of South Carolina Chamber Orchestra under Donald Portnoy, was at the First International Serpent Festival on 21 October 1989. Douglas Yeo performed it again on 31 March 1997 at New England Conservatory, and then on 29 and 30 May 1997 with the Boston Pops Orchestra conducted by John Williams, both in Boston.
Other compositions include his Concerto for Keyed Bugle and Orchestra. The Amherst Suite also features 8 serpents. He composed a Jubilee Fanfare for the RHS Bicentennial, which was attended by Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.
He has also composed a great number of other works, including 26 concertos, and many works for solo piano including a seven-part fugue.
He composed a symphony, which included a hand bell ensemble, for the Lincoln Park Academy Orchestra in 1998.
He composed a James Bond Piano Concerto. This had its world premiere on 20 February 2010 in Cadogan Hall, London. It was performed by the London Gay Symphony Orchestra. Thomas Pandolfi was the solo pianist.
Proctor is a graduate of the Royal Academy of Music. He lives in Sevenoaks, Kent and teaches piano in several schools with Kent Music centre, and privately. He has performed solo piano recitals in the UK, Germany, USA and The Bahamas. Simon has played principal keyboard for Les Miserables and other shows, and has acted as musical director for other productions.
He has made two CDs of his compositions, Sounds of Kent – Piano, and Sounds of Kent – Woodwind. A movement from his Concerto for Ophicleide and Orchestra has been recorded by Nick Byrne and David Miller. In 2022 his album entitled, played by Tyler Hay, was released by American Label PARMA Recordings. His Serpent Concerto was recorded by Douglas Yeo on the CD Le Monde du Serpent.

Works

Concertos

  • Serpent Concerto
  • Lyrical Concerto
  • Keyed Bugle Concerto
  • Ophicleide Concerto
  • Sackbut Concerto
  • Flute Concertino
  • Oboe Concertino
  • Clarinet Concertino
  • Bassoon Concertino
  • Blazing Bassoon Concerto
  • Contrabassoon Concerto
  • Saxophone Concerto
  • Recorder Concerto
  • Horn Concerto
  • Trumpet Concerto
  • Trombone Concertos No. 1-3
  • Tuba Concerto
  • Viola Concerto
  • Cello Concerto
  • Piano Concertos No. 1-3
  • James Bond Piano Concerto
  • Frank Sinatra Piano Concerto
  • Andrew Lloyd Webber Piano Concerto
  • Queen Piano Concerto
  • Hollywood Piano Concerto
  • The Sound of Music Piano Concerto
  • Christmas Piano Concerto
  • Piano Favourites Concerto
  • Broadway Piano Concerto
  • Coldplay Piano Concerto

Schools Musicals

Serpent

Solo Piano

  • 3 Sonatas
  • 23 Rhapsodies
  • 9 Nocturnes
  • 15 Fugal Preludes
  • 12 Preludes
  • 8 Udes
  • Paganini Metamorphosis
  • Dances
  • Waltzes
  • Edible Fugues
  • Barcaroles
  • Dodecaphonic Pieces
  • Distant Bell and others

Stage Works

  • Mayhew's London
  • Oh Yeah

Brass Quintent

  • Asprey Fanfare
  • Fanfare Jubilo

Choral and orchestral

Flute, Piano & Percussion

  • Dorian Rhapsody

Harp Trio

  • The Three Of Harps
  • A Piece Of Pluck

Orchestral

  • Hastings Hornpipe
  • The Reel McCoy

Piano Trio

  • Metamorphosis

String Orchestra

  • Beauchamp Dances

Wind Band

Wind Ensemble

  • Winds Of Change

Wood wind

  • Vögel I-XII
  • Whippersnapper
  • Introduction & Romp
  • Redevelopment
  • Eos
  • The Jester
  • Pneumusic
  • Brown Study
  • Witz

Some Other Notable Works

  • Apex 101
  • Hosedown
  • Light Metal
  • ''Miniatures at an Exhibition''

UK Publishers

US Publishers

  • Drake Mabry Publishing