Simon Kent studied piano and composition at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and then as a post-graduate on the piano accompaniment and repetiteur courses. As a repetiteur, he worked with several opera companies until 1993 when he was inspired to become a Kodaly practitioner. Since 1998 he has taught at Mill Hill Pre-Prep, Eaton Square Prep School and he is currently Director of Music at Alleyn’s Junior School in Dulwich. Simon has an MA in musicology from City University and an MSc in child development from Birkbeck University.

He enjoys composing and arranging and also sings in the Bach Choir.