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DrSimon Lobelson

Lecturer

Sydney Conservatorium of Music

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  • Lecturer
    Sydney Conservatorium of Music

Research projects & supervision summary

Current and recent projects include BachMass in B minorfor Sydney Philharmonia Choirs,The Sopranoswith Opera Queensland and The Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Mary Finsterer'sAntarcticawith ASKO/Schönberg Ensemble and Sydney Chamber Opera for the Holland Festival and Sydney Festival and with the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra,Siegfried and Roy: The Unofficial Operafor Sydney Festival, Huw Belling'sSt. Luke Passionat St. Stephen's, regional recitals with David Miller AM, Tom Rimes'Annus Horribilisin Hobart, Luke Styles'Awakening Shadowfor Sydney Chamber Opera, Huw Belling'sVictory over the Sunfor the National Gallery of Australia,Rosa Mysticaon tour with the Song Company, Handel'sEstherand BachJohannes-Passionfor Sydney University Graduate Choir,Messiahfor Newcastle University Choir and conductor for Con Opera's MOTHER and Offenbach'sOrphée aux enfersat NIDA.

RESEARCH PROJECTS & ACTIVITIES

  • PROJECT
    SONGS AND DREAMS OF DEATH Commercial Recording
    15 Nov 2025 - 7 Dec 2025
    Project leaders:
    • Lobelson S,
    • Lobelson S
    Collaborators:
    • Symonds J
    Internal research grant from USYD to support the production of a commercial CD recording of Songs cycles on the subject of death: Mussorgsky 'Songs and Dances of Death', Wolfgang Rihm 'Vermischter Traum' and George Crumb 'Songs, Drones and Refrains of Death'. This project is in conjunction with a TRO on the embodiment of death in the voice in each work, as well as the process of preparation and recording these.
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Ethnographic Explorations of 21st Century Australian Chamber Opera