Simone Seales: Lunchtime Concert

Originally from Florida, Simone Seales is a Glasgow-based cellist and performance artist. They focus on free improvisation, live looping, poetry and devising music for theatre. Through their collaborative and creative process, they prioritise connection, play and silliness, while exploring sound as a way to embody and express emotion.

Simone is passionate about exploring sound and how it can be embodied and reflect emotional states of being. Their creative influences come from Black feminist leaders such as Audre Lorde, Assata Shakur and bell hooks. Within Simone's creative work, they centre Blackness, sexuality, intersectional feminism and anti-racism. They believe Western Classical musicians are capable of making meaningful social change.
Recently, Simone was commissioned by the 2025 Edinburgh International Book Festival to create a live performance of their poetry-music album Dearest, performed with Mele Broomes, ahead of the album’s debut release in November 2025.
Simone is currently Musician in Residence for Paraorchestra.
They have received commissions for Edinburgh International Book Festival and Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival, and performed across Celtic Connections, Deep Time at the Fruitmarket, Edinburgh Art Festival, Edinburgh Blues and Jazz Festival, Edinburgh Festival Fringe, the Lincoln Center and Southbank Centre.
Collaborations have taken place with authors Cecilia Knapp and Gemma Cairney, multidisciplinary artists Laura Fisher, Mele Broomes and Thulani Rachia, and musicians Aidan O’Rourke, All Men Unto Me, LAU and Young Fathers.
www.simoneseales.com/ | @simone.cello

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