Townley, featured front row, second from the right, with the rest of the Pasadena Roof Orchestra and their lead singer Duncan Galloway.

Simon Andrew Townley is a British pianist and composer.

Townley was born in 1963 and read music at Worcester College, Oxford. He has been the pianist for the Pasadena Roof Orchestra since 1992 and the pianist and musical director for Beyond Broadway.

He has written scores for television programs, musicals, and the operetta Too Little Toulouse. He wrote the music for a children's stage show, Shaun's Big Show.[1] Townley has presented programs on BBC Radio 4 and the BBC World Service. He "vividly recalled" violinist Tom Jenkins in one broadcast.[2] Others explored page-turners for pianists[3] and trains as an influence on composers.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Elkin, Susan (28 February 2011). "Shaun's Big Show review at Churchill Bromley". The Stage. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  2. ↑ Reynolds, Gillian (26 April 2005). "Dining with monsters". The Telegraph. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  3. ↑ Montgomery, Isobel (21 February 2001). "Pick of the day". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  4. ↑ "Network Radio BBC Week 34: Tuesday 25 August 2009". BBC. 25 August 2009. Retrieved 25 November 2010.


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