Welcome to the Opera North Horn Club
The club was formed in 1997 by Bob Ashworth, principal horn of the Orchestra of Opera North based in Leeds, and his horn section colleagues of the time (Dougie Scarfe, Maggie Houlding & Paul Kampen) to enable horn players of all ages and abilities to assemble on a regular basis to play in large ensembles. The opportunity to play in groups of up to 16 players would otherwise be extremely rare! Members come from all walks of life, both amateur and professional sides of music, and have ranged in age from 9 to over 75. On average meetings take place every two months depending a little on the Opera North schedule at the time.
Horn players of any ability may join up for a small yearly subscription fee (OAP & student concessions) which gives, in addition to free entry to all meetings, access to our newsletter
edited by Graham Rickson, who in addition to his school teaching, writes arts and CD reviews for The Arts Desk. http://www.theartsdesk.com/users/grahamrickson
The next meeting of the ONHC will be in late June - venue tbc - from 10.30-1.30.
Still hoping for some people to be able to commit the Horn Day, hosted by Janus Wadsworth at The Hexagon Music Centre, Beverley, North Humberside HU17 9LP Tel: 01482 392681 on Sunday May 27th (with support from the BHS, Windblowers of Nottingham and June Emerson Wind Music. Check out the postcode on google maps! Bob Ashworth and John Pratt from the Orchestra of Opera North horn section will be involved and it is hoped that this will be an opportunity for the ONHC to perform an item or two in the final concert in the late afternoon - it all depends on numbers! Entrance to the Horn Day event is FREE - hope you can make it!
Join us, update your membership details, access our extensive library, ask to receive our newsletter 'la trompe' or for any further information please email: info@hornclub.co.uk
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