Simon Dobson has undertaken judging and adjudication work. He judged the 2010 Scottish open brass band championships in Perth; on this occasion he was judging performances of his own piece ... and when the river told .... He also judged the Swiss National Brass band championships in the Stravinsky hall in Montreux. In April 2011 he returned to Montreux with the Fairey (Geneva) Band to hear them perform the world première of his latest composition 'A Symphony of Colours' at the European Brass Band Championships.
