Dobson moved to London at age 18 on a scholarship to study composition under Timothy Salter, Theo Verby and George Benjamin, at the Royal College of Music.
[2] At RCM, Dobson was part of a group of students who formed 'Zone One Brass', a championship section band which he conducted for four years before moving away from London in 2004 after earning his B.Mus and graduating to the sounds of his own fanfare.
[2] In 2007, Simon Dobson wrote the set piece for the European Brass band championships 'B' section, and his work The Drop, (based on Drum 'n' Bass DJ techniques), has been performed a number of times in some major concert venues, including the Birmingham Symphony Hall.
Dobson was the winner of the Denis and Maud Wright conducting award and now holds the post of Assistant Musical Director at the National Youth Brass Band of Great Britain, studying under Bramwell Tovey.
Recently they have recorded for various artist such as Granville Sessions, Madness, Jag Harps, We are the Ocean, Dry The River, Electric Swing Circus, Canterbury, Kat Marsh, Andreas Moe, Luke Concannon, Lazy Habits and many more.
Commissioned by the British Film Institute for the 105 minute long WWI epic 'The Battles of Coronel and the Falkland Islands'.
On April 22, 2016, Dobson conducted the Parallax Orchestra accompanying Bring Me the Horizon at the Teenage Cancer Trust concerts at the Royal Albert Hall in London.
On October 2 and 3, 2017, Dobson also conducted the Parallax Orchestra who accompanied Alter Bridge at the Royal Albert Hall in London.