Francesca Moore-Bridger

Horn

CURRENT EMPLOYMENT

Principal Horn - Orchestra of the Swan 2014 - present

PAST EMPLOYMENT

Principal Position, Philharmonic Orchestra of Santiago, Chile seasons 2009 and 2010

ORCHESTRAL EXPERIENCE

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Welsh National Opera
Royal Shakespeare Company (including principal)
Longborough Festival Opera (including principal)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Philharmonia Orchestra
London Sinfonietta
Birmingham Contemporary Music Group
London Chamber Orchestra (including principal)
London Concert Orchestra (including principal)
London Metropolitan Orchestra (including principal)
Glyndebourne Touring Opera
London Gala Orchestra (including principal)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
London Philharmonic Orchestra – Education Project
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra - Education Project
English Chamber Orchestra
Aurora Orchestra
Brandenburg Sinfonia (including principal)
Cambridge Opera Society (including principal)

SESSIONS & COMMERCIAL

Abbey Road – Sigur Ros & London Sinfonietta
BBC Words and Music -RSC Brass Quintet session
London Metropolitan Orchestra -Film sessions for Universal, Warner Bros and Independent Films
Watford Coliseum - Chandos recordings – BBC Symphony Orchestra
London Metropolitan Orchestra – The Last Shadow Puppets

SOLO PERFORMANCES

Roxanna Panufnik - Generation of Love - Orchestra of the Swan (World Premiere)
Mozart Fourth Horn Concerto - Guildford Symphony Orchestra and Orchestra of the Swan
‘Sequence’ – New Work Commission (two solo horns) – performed with Richard Watkins
Strauss First Horn Concerto – Cambridge
Mozart Third Horn Concerto – Cambridge
Dukas Villanelle – Adrian Boult Hall
Mozart Second Horn Concerto – Stratford-upon-Avon

EDUCATION

Royal Academy of Music – PGDip & LRAM Teaching Diploma – Distinction
Cambridge University (Newnham College) – BA (Hons) Music 2:1

Professors: Michael Thompson • Richard Watkins • Andrew Clarke (natural horn)

PRIZES/SCHOLARSHIPS

     Countess of Munster Award • ABRSM Scholarship • Nicholas Blake Ensemble Prize
     Drummond Sharp Prize • Dennis Brain Memorial Prize • Max Pirani Trio Prize
     Tebutt Exhibition Award • Worshipful Company of Musicians Solo Brass Prize

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Instruments
Horn