Behind the Scenes: Our Sound Engineer
Simon Lane
Simon has been working with the Queensland Irish Choir since 2023 and always aims to bring the highest standards to every event.
Simon Lane is a professional musician working in the Gold Coast and Brisbane area. Over the last 20 years he has developed a career as a session guitarist, music educator and sound engineer.
Training in the UK at the Brighton Institute of Modern Music (the UK’s leading modern music academy) he gained a BA Hons degree in professional musicianship. He has worked as a touring musician across the UK playing at many of the countries top venues and events.
Since moving to Australia in 2010 he has worked at a range of schools and venues schools across the Brisbane and Gold Coast region. He started the Rock School program at Canterbury College which has become the largest program of its type in Queensland winning multiple awards. This program focuses on preparing musicians for jobs in the music industry covering a range of areas from performance, event management, songwriting and music production.
In 2023 he was nominated for the Telstra ARIA Music Teacher Award which recognises teachers that have made an outstanding contribution to the Australian musical landscape and had a positive influence on students musical experience.