John Pratt was born in Newcastle in 1978 and studied the horn with Martin Shillito. He recently  completed four years of study with Bob Ashworth at the Royal Northern College of Music. He has taken part in masterclasses with Ifor James (modern horn) at the Birmingham Conservatoire and Anthony Halstead (hand horn) at the RNCM. On graduating from the RNCM he has had a very successful freelance career which so far has included the Northern Sinfonia, Northern Chamber Orchestra, Manchester Camerata and, not surprisingly, Opera North.

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