Simon Davies – Bass

Season Joined: 2007-2008

Hometown: Ha. I could offer 10 places or more as mother moved all the time (a Gypsy by inclination). Don’t know what to say but have lived in London since 1965.

Education/Training: BA and LLB at UWO

Do you also have a non-singing “day job”? If so, what do you do? Retired lawyer – sometimes Deputy Judge in Small Claims court

Where else do you teach/gig/conduct/sing/perform?
Public school and High School choirs and Hart House Glee Club, UWO G&S Society

Guest appearances:
Well, small private recitals annually with my voice professor

Recording/TV/Film:
Only when complaints are made about me!!!

Highlights of your musical career:
Meeting my wife as both of us were singing lead parts in Gilbert & Sullivan’s, “Patience”.

Favorite choral work(s):
Anything by John Rutter, Brahms Lieder, Italian Operatic pieces

A defining moment of favorite KSS onstage experience:
What are you listening to these days? Eclectic: Jazz, folk, Beatles but mostly Classical though (CBC Radio 2)

Anything you’d like to add about yourself?
Singing makes my week both at KSS and voice lessons. Concerts are a blast.

What London experience do you consider essential for visitors/newcomers? 
Make sure you come to a KSS concert!