About Simon
FOUNDER & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Simon Holt received undergraduate and graduate degrees from The Royal College of Music in London and a postgraduate teaching certificate from Goldsmiths’ College, London University. He is also a prizewinner at the Royal College of Organists in London. Simon has given organ recitals in Westminster Abbey, St. George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle, numerous Cathedrals, and the Royal Albert Hall in London. He has performed several times on UK national radio and television and toured Europe extensively, including performances in Notre-Dame, Sacré Coeur, and the Basilica San Marco in Venice.
In 1999, Simon and his family moved to Stonington, CT, where he became Director of Music at Calvary Church. In September 2000, he became Director of Music at Pine Point School in Stonington and collaborated with Calvary Church to found Calvary Music School, for which he was Executive Director until 2010. Also in 2000, he founded the Salt Marsh Opera Company, serving as Music Director and becoming Artistic Director in 2005.
In 2007 Simon was appointed Director of Music in School at St. Thomas Choir School in New York City. In 2012, after two years as Chair of the Fine Arts Department and Head of Music at Saint James School in Hagerstown, MD, Simon returned to Connecticut and became Executive Director of The United Theatre in Westerly, RI. Currently, Simon is Director of Music at The First Congregational Church of Old Lyme and Director of The Anglican Singers, Artists-in-Residence at St. James Episcopal Church in New London.