Welcome to the Opera North Horn Club

The club was formed in 1997 by Bob Ashworth, principal horn of the Orchestra of Opera North (formerly the English Northern Philharmonia) 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.

The last meeting on 6 Feb didn't attract enough people to attempt the 12 horn version of the Schumann Konzertstuck but music played was several quartets from the Quartet Gig Book, Funeral March for Rikard Nordraak (Grieg arr Foley), Sonata Pian e Forte (G Gabrieli), Sunday Song (Stephen Roberts), Pavane (Ravel arr J Nock), Water Music (Handel arr Martinet).

The next meeting will be on Sunday 7 March, in Doncaster - at Askern Spa Junior School, Sutton Road, Askern, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, DN6 0AQ - map and directions

Join us, access our extensive library and receive our newsletter.

For any further information please email: info@hornclub.co.uk

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