Beyond the Stave

French Horn

Katie Pryce

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Katie is a versatile French horn player, singer, songwriter, and musical director who moved to Melbourne in 2017 after a successful London career spanning West End shows, major orchestras, and jazz venues like Ronnie Scott’s. She has performed and recorded with artists such as Snarky Puppy, Burt Bacharach, Elton John, and Kanye West. A passionate educator, Katie has led music projects in schools, prisons, and conservatoires, always aiming to make music accessible, fun, and empowering. She teaches French horn (classical and jazz) and voice across a wide range of styles from classical to pop and musical theatre.

Neil Shewan

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Neil Shewan is an accomplished French horn player and dedicated educator, teaching at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama and Royal Birmingham Conservatoire. With over 15 years as 3rd horn for the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and 2nd horn for the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, he has performed with top UK orchestras and contributed to film scores and West End productions. Neil is also a Trinity College London examiner since 2019, sharing his extensive professional experience to inspire and mentor emerging horn players.

Andy Berryman

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Andrew is a renowned trombonist, conductor, and educator with an international career, holding principal positions with leading UK orchestras and currently directing the NSO Symphony Orchestra in Abu Dhabi.

Kate Hainsworth

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Kate has a varied career of teaching, performing and recording. Kate has been teaching for over 15 years. She finds this extremely rewarding and currently teaches all brass and music theory at the royal masonic school for girls in rickmansworth, both in the prep and senior schools and she also teaches privately.

Ruth Molins

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Ruth grew up in north london and started learning the trombone at the age of nine, studying at the guildhall school of music and drama junior department. Ruth read music at the university of york, studying trombone with robert burtenshaw, and gaining (rst class honours in her undergraduate degree.

Dan Anthony

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Dan graduated from the Royal College of Music, London in 1992. In his final year at the college he was awarded the overall Brass Prize for his principal study, the French horn, and was also a finalist in the Royal Overseas League Competition in 1995. On leaving college he started his career as a freelance horn player and worked intensively with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra under Sir Simon Rattle.

Katrina Lauder

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Katrina Lauder is a freelance French Horn player based in the UK. She plays with world renowned symphony orchestras from all over the globe. Including Principal horn with The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Co-Principal horn with The London Philharmonic Orchestra and The Symphony Orchestra of India, as well as playing for shows in London’s West End. She has recorded albums with the likes of Annie Lennox and Ebe Oke and has toured with Sting on the album If on a Winter’s Night.

Francesca Moore Bridger

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Francesca is a successful freelance French horn player and the Principal Horn of Orchestra of the Swan. After graduating from Newnham College, Cambridge and the Royal Academy of Music she became Principal Horn of the Philharmonic Orchestra of Santiago, Chile.

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