2025

January 30th, 2025. Music for Parkinson’s. Concert exploring the role of music in the lives of people with Parkinson’s. https://www.rncm.ac.uk/performance/music-for-parkinsons-relaxed-performance/

January 9th, 2025. Simon Knighton Tippet Medal Presentation/Conversation. BFE/RMA Research Student’ 2025 Conference. https://youtu.be/LIY4SfTNWNU

2024

November 10th, 2024. Simon Knighton. Sculpting Sound: Exploring the Creative Affordances of Material Agency in the Generation of Novel Tuning Systems [Paper Presentation]. SOUND/IMAGE 2024 Festival at Greenwich University, London, UK. https://blogs.gre.ac.uk/sound-image/2024/10/28/sound-image-2024-festival-talks/

November 2024. Compose It! Lead tutor for Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival and Riot Ensemble’s learning and participation programme. https://hcmf.co.uk/programme/compose-it/

August 23rd, 2024. Natural Environments One. Broadcast on BBC Radio 3’s Late Junction. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0021xcg

July 2nd, 2024. Simon Knighton and Lasse Rempe. An evening of music and mathematics. Classical Function Theory in Modern Mathematics Conference at the International Centre for Mathematical Sciences, Edinburgh, UK. https://www.icms.org.uk/events/2024/evening-music-and-mathematics

Simon Knighton, “Sound Sculptures, Dynamical Systems, Natural Environments”. [Musical Composition - Album]. Performed by Gemma Bass (Violin), Amy Gray (Percussion), Simon Knighton (Percussion), Peggy Nolan (Cello), Chihiro Ono (Violin), Carl Raven (Saxophones), Stephanie Tress (Cello), Kathryn Williams (Flutes). Approx duration: 45’. Released by Nonclassical. https://www.nonclassical.co.uk/engage-1/sound-sculptures-simon-knighton

4thMay. Sound Sculpture No8. Installation and 25-minute piece for String Trio and Electronics performed at the Southbank Centre. https://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/classical-music/nonclassical-20-outside-lines-after-hours-double-bill; https://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/classical-music/nonclassical-20-sound-sculpture

21st January. Sound Sculpture No5 announced as the winner of the 2022 RMA (Royal Music Association) Tippet Medal prize for composition. https://www.rma.ac.uk/2024/01/21/rma-tippett-medal-awarded-to-simon-knighton/?fbclid=IwAR3Z8Mrx5RydcQ-iuvE_00kuhhefMm2dHmijaJxyzym62kXc2iPzy2ZHvUE

2023

30th November. Dynamical Systems Two. Broadcast on BBC Radio 6. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001sn4n

14th November. Ivor Novello Awards Ceremony 2023 (Sound Sculpture No.7 nominated for best orchestral piece). Southbank Center, London. https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors-classical-awards/

19th October. An Introduction to Sound Sculptures and Autonomous Musical Systems. Lecture and Workshop at Trinity Laban Conservatoire London.

23rd September. Sound Sculpture Workshop. Allendale FolkFestvial. https://www.hexham-courant.co.uk/news/23789533.workshop-programme-allen-valleys-folk-festival-2023/

19th July, 2023. Sound Sculpture No5. Video release through Nonclassical. https://youtu.be/A3Zav5wXZpA

24th May 2023. Sound Sculpture No.8. Installation at Chorlton Arts Festival. https://chorltonartsfestival.org/user/tywiroberts/

14th April 2023. Dynamical Systems: Pendula for Piano Quintet. Concert performed by Sono Ensemble. Anthony Burgess Foundation. https://www.creativetourist.com/event/sono-ensemble-distant-forces-at-anthony-burgess-foundation/?fbclid=IwAR0-p5__KWW_Hs0H2TeP4Fz1ZFZIJQ7lpVr7RXPgr10QUUNRVb1r7q75Q0E

28th March 2023 An Introduction to Sound Sculptures and Autonomous Musical Systems. Lecture and Workshop at Leeds Conservatoire for UK Music.

23rd February 2023. Sound Sculpture No.7 for Southbank Sinfonia. Concert at St John's Smith Square, London. https://www.nonclassical.co.uk/events/2022/12/13/nonclassical-x-southbank-sinfonia-new-beginnings

Jan 28th, 2023. Sound Sculpture No.6. Live recording broadcast on BBC Radio 3 New Music Show. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001hg2k

2022

November 20th 2022. Monster Ballet for UnHeard Ensemble. Concert at the Liverpool Philharmonic Music Room. https://www.unheardlive.com/event-details/unheard-un-locked

November 3, 2022. A Dynamical Systems Playlist. Article. https://van-magazine.com/mag/dynamical-systems-playlist/

October 27th, 2022. Sound Sculpture No. 6 for The House of Bedlam. Concert at the Royal Northern College of Music Main Hall. https://www.rncm.ac.uk/whats-on/programmes/autumn-2022/the-house-of-bedlam-with-juliet-fraser-soprano/

October 1st 2022. Woodland. Animation short by Strange Acre Studios. Music composed by Mikey Kenney and Simon Knighton premiered at the University of Salford, Media City.

September 22nd, 2022. Simon Knighton curates: Dynamical Systems and Natural Environments. Concert at St John's Church Waterloo, London. https://www.nonclassical.co.uk/events/2022/7/18/simon-knighton-curates-dynamical-systems-and-natural-environments

10/8/2022. Nonclassical Instagram Interview. https://www.instagram.com/reel/ChFONJKooW_/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

July 28th, 2022. Dynamical Systems Two. Studio recording release. Outside the Lines, Vol. 5 — nonclassical; https://kud.li/nonclss053

30/7/22. Fourth performance of Sound Sculpture No.1 (Two Clarinet Revision). Concert at St Margaret’s Church, Manchester. https://www.unheardlive.com/event-details/unheard-changeling

18th June 2022. Capturing Indeterminacy: Exploring the Spectral Potential of the Clarinet. Conference presentation at ‘Music Since 1900’, Birmingham Conservatoire. https://www.musicsince1900.org/

23rd May 2022. Sound Sculptures, Dynamical Systems and Natural Environments. Conference presentation at the Royal Northern College of Music PGR Conference 2022. PhD Research — Simon Knighton - Composer

6/3/2022. What to Play and How to Play It. Concert piece performed by CoMA Glasgow. CoMA Glasgow Concert – CoMA

5/3/2022. What to Play and How to Play It. Concert piece performed by CoMA Manchester at St Margarets Church, Manchester. Manchester Evening Concert – CoMA

1st March 2022. Future Classical. Radio show talk. https://www.mixcloud.com/Resonance/future-classical-1-march-2022-nonclassical-associate-composers/

2021

16th December 2021. Spotlight: Simon Knighton. Article and interview with Nonclassical. https://www.nonclassical.co.uk/engage-1/2021/12/13/spotlight-simon-knighton

21st November 2021. Repeat screening of The Secret City. A film by Fiona Brehony, soundtrack by Simon Knighton. Short Film Screening - Bankley Gallery | Facebook

13th October 2021. Dynamical Systems: Pendula for Riot Ensemble. Concert piece and artist talk as part of ‘Entwining Science and Music’ at Liverpool University. https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/music/events/lunchtime-concert-series/concert-2/

1st-10th October 2020. The Secret City. A film by Fiona Brehony, soundtrack by Simon Knighton. Installed at the Manchester School of Art, 2021. https://mashow.mmu.ac.uk/2021/ Now published on Film Geographics - https://www.filmgeographies.com/video/cities/the-secret-city/

12th September 2021. Binding Ties for Unheard Ensemble. Concert piece at the Anthony Burgess Foundation Manchester. https://www.anthonyburgess.org/event/concert-unheard-hybrid-orchestra-present-unquote/

7th September 2021. Sound Sculpture No. 2 for Horn Fusion. Concert piece (recorded in lockdown). https://fb.watch/k2CfsyVazE/

July 2021. Sound Sculpture No.3 for Weston Olencki. Installation piece at the RNCM’s Studio 8 as part of RNCM Re-unite. https://www.rncm.ac.uk/reunite/

1/5/21. Third performance of Sound Sculpture No.1. Concert piece and artist talk at ‘Sound Thought’, Glasgow. http://www.soundthought.co.uk/sound-thought-metamorphosis/

16/3/21. Second performance of Sound Sculpture No.1. Concert piece as part of Garden of Forking Paths Leeds. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sw3G2HpQ9fs

5/2/21. Monster Ballet for The House of Bedlam. Record release. https://www.nonclassical.co.uk/engage-1/2021/2/10/i-hope-this-finds-you-well-in-these-strange-times-vol-3

8th January 2021. Capturing Indeterminacy to Explore the Spectral Potential of the Clarinet. Online paper for Leeds University. https://forkingpaths.leeds.ac.uk/rncm-simon-knighton-sound-sculpture-no-1/

2020

15th October 2020. Three Perspectives. Concert/Screening (online). Changing Music in a Changing Climate (15 Oct 20) - Royal Northern College of Music (rncm.ac.uk)

14th February 2020. Sound Sculpture No.1 for Five Clarinets and Electronics. Installation and concert piece at the RNCM, Manchester.

2019

18th December 2019. Amplitude for Camerata Temporalis. Concert piece for small ensemble premiered at Mon Ami, Weimar, Germany. https://onlinemerker.com/weimar-gruendungskonzert-ensemble-camerata-temporalis/

24th August 2019. O Kuku for the I Solisti Wind Ensemble. Film soundtrack performed live with 10 piece ensemble at C-mine, Genk, Belgium. https://www.simonknighton.com/collaborations-and-soundtracks/o-kuku-2019

6th July 2019. Etude for Saxophone, Electronics and Sound Movement. Performed by Lennert Baerts at Soundmine 2019, Bilzen, Belgium. https://youtu.be/G00wRuHSfqU

20th April 2019. Clouds for the Dutch National Youth Fanfare Orchestra. Performed at the Bernard Haitinkzaal, CvA, Amsterdam.

20th March – Friday 21st June, 2019. I've Got Friends by Frances Heap. Soundtrack for short film as part of 'Conversations Series 2' (art exhibition). Exhibited at the Tate Liverpool, the Whitworth Manchester and Artlink Hull. https://venturearts.org/projects/conversation-series-ii/

2018

November 2018. Second performance of Seven Stages of Man for Percussion Quartet. Live concert performed at the Tromp percussion festival at the Musikgebouw, Eindhoven. https://www.tromppercussion.nl/fileadmin/user_upload/20181115_Programmatoelichting_Compositiewedstrijd.pdf

Summer 2018. Street Music No.2 for Ricciotti Ensemble. Miniature composed for 40-piece street orchestra. Performed multiple times around the Netherlands and Cuba. https://www.ricciotti.nl/en/tournees/cubatour-ricciottiando-en-cuba

May 2018. Binding Ties. Soundtrack for filmed dance piece by Vassago Films. Premiered at Light Night Liverpool. https://lightnightliverpool.co.uk/event_type/parties/

May 2018. The Acrobat and the Tightrope for Score Collective. Live concert by 20 piece contemporary music ensemble performed at the Amsterdam Composers Festival 2018. https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=2115147148699298

May 2018. Seven Stages of Man for Percussion Quartet. Live concert performed at the Amsterdam Composers Festival 2018. https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=2115147148699298

May 2018. Saxophone Quartet No 1. Concert piece performed at Amsterdam Composers Festival 2018. https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=2115147148699298

2017

Friday 16th June 2017. Ghosts for small choir. Choral piece performed at Oosterkerk, Amsterdam. Oosterkerk | Simon Knighton — Oosterkerk (oosterkerk-amsterdam.nl)

13th April 2017. Barcodes for Nieuw Ensemble and Stop Motion Animation. Collaboration with animator Laura Spark. Performed at Korzo, the Hague. https://www.nieuw-ensemble.nl/en/2016-2017.html#eot17

April 2017. Swimming in a Fish Tank for the CvA Symphony Orchestra. Orchestra workshop Performed at the Bernard Haitinkzaal, CvA, Amsterdam. https://www.simonknighton.com/concert-piece/swimming-in-a-fish-tank

30th March 2017. Barcodes for Nieuw Ensemble and Stop Motion Animation. Collaboration with animator Laura Spark. Performed at the Muziekgebouw, Amsterdam. https://issuu.com/muziekgebouw/docs/2017_03_30_donderdagavondserie_-_we/9

Pre-2017

November 2016. Faction for EnCompass ensemble. Soundtrack for contemporary dance performance. Commissioned by Tilt Dance Studio. Performed over 2 nights at the Kazimier Liverpool. https://www.encompasscollective.co.uk/2015-faction.html

15th May 2015. Hex Division for Harlequin Dynamite Marching Band. Commissioned by Open Culture, Light Night and Gi20. https://www.getintothis.co.uk/2015/05/lightnight-2015-guide-to-music-and-performance-highlights/

16th May 2014. Sound Battle for Harlequin Dynamite Marching Band. Commissioned by Open Culture, Light Night, Liverpool Biennial 2014 and Festival No. 6. https://www.artinliverpool.com/light-night-2014-archive/lightnight-2014-sound-battle/