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David Simmonds was born in London, in 1953, and moved to the West Country in 1976. He earns his living as a Chartered Building Surveyor, in his own practice. David studied composition, privately, with Nicholas Keyworth and, as a lifelong learning student, in the Composers' Workshop at the University of Bristol, with Dr. John Pickard, Joylon Laycock and Mark Henry. David sings, as a tenor, with the RSCM Cathedral Singers and the group Schola Anglicana. He is the Musical Director of the Beckington Choir, near Frome in Somerset. David's compositions range from instrumental to choral works, both Sacred and Secular and including: "For the Fallen" a cantata for Remembrance Day (for Mezzo Soprano, SATB Choir, Trumpet, Cor Anglais, Percussion and Strings); and a setting of the Requiem Mass (for organ, SATB choir and percussion). David's String Quartet No. 1 was performed by the Emerald Quartet in a Severnside Composers' Alliance concert at Bristol University in June 2007.

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