My name is J Simon van der Walt, (he/him), and I head up the masters programmes in music at the RCS. As a performing musician I play (jazz) trumpet and trombone (and Indonesian gamelan) and sometimes improvise on a range of sound-making objects. I ‘compose’: that is, write scores, although less frequently than before, and make music both live and fixed (and sometimes visuals) using a range of domain specific softwares. I’m a keen user of and advocate for open source software, and bicycles. I’m good a table tennis, although I rarely get the chance to play these days, and I enjoy swimming outdoors.

Image provided by the artist.