Simon Cox
Founder
Simon was Principal Trumpet of Aurora Orchestra, and regularly performed with many of the UK’s major orchestras. Following studies at King’s College London and the Royal Academy of Music, he spent three years in Finland as a member of the Helsinki Philharmonic. Throughout his time abroad he felt an increasing desire to perform chamber music, so he eventually returned to the UK to embark on a PhD at the Royal Academy of Music, investigating the field of brass chamber music and developing repertoire for the brass septet, a brand new classical configuration.
Simon founded Septura in 2012 and ran the group with fellow Artistic Director Matthew Knight until 2024, producing many of Septura’s arrangements.