Simon Hall’s musical interests are wide-ranging, which is reflected in his variety of work: He is an active composer, producer, recording engineer, bass trombonist, researcher and educator. He has worked across a range of genres in a range of capacities, with artists as diverse as Karlheinz Stockhausen, Pierre Boulez, Louis Andriessen and Heiner Goebbels to Johnny Mathis, Barry Manilow and Jamelia; and organisations ranging from the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Birmingham Contemporary Music Group and the BBC Big Band, to the Royal Shakespeare Company and Birmingham ElectroAcoustic Sound Theatre. Production credits include albums that have received high praise and recommendation from, among others, Time Out, the Royal Philharmonic Society, Gramophone and Jazzwise. He has also been commissioned to produce scores and sound designs for programmes for BBC Radio 3 and Radio 4, his Hearing Ragas soundtrack winning the Sandford St Martin Radio Award. Other composition work has been recognised internationally, including by the Institut International de Musique Electroacoustique de Bourges (IMEB), Communauté Électroacoustique Canadienne (CEC) and Sonic Arts Network UK, and a number of his acoustic works are published by Warwick Music. He holds a PhD in Electroacoustic Composition from University of Birmingham. Simon is currently Interim Vice-Principal as well as Head of Music Technology at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, where he is also an active member of their Research Team. He is a member of the IntegraLab Research Group, and Co-Investigator for the AHRC-funded Aural Histories and Augmented Vocality projects. He leads teaching at undergraduate, postgraduate and CPD level. He is an Avid Certified Pro Tools Expert and Certified Instructor.Simon Project Managed Advantage West Midlands' Music for Media Project, was a Board Director of the Centre for Music and Arts Technologies and a Director of the independent media production company Approaching Apocalypse.