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Simon @ 65

In May of this year I'm going to be 65 years old! There are four performances coming up to celebrate some of the music I've created:

(Two Minds Three)​

A post-minimalist piece I wrote over 30 years ago, updated and rescored for an ensemble of two accordions, piano, five clarinets, trumpet and percussion.

Triwikrama​

Javanese gamelan, slide trumpet, four trombones, and vintage electronic fx unit!

giant flying laser scorpion with wings​

A nostalgic piano piece about getting (a little bit) older.

Byres Road Big Band – The music of J Simon van der Walt​

Over the last couple of years I've more or less given up playing trumpet and instead enjoying myself playing big band jazz trombone with the Byres Road Big Band. For this gig I'm very happy that they have agreed to perform a bunch of my big band pieces, including two three-piece suites, 'Between Two Oceans' and the newly-titled 'Byres Road Suite'.