Joel Ashford

Horn

Trials

English National Ballet - No. 4 Horn (2024-)
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra - No. 2 Horn (2024-)
BBC Symphony Orchestra - No. 3 Horn (2023-)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales - No. 4 Horn (2023-)
Ulster Orchestra - No. 2 Horn (2023-2024)
English National Opera - Sub-Principal Horn (2021-2022)

Orchestral Experience

BBC Symphony Orchestra (inc. Principal)

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra (inc. Principal)

English National Opera (inc. Principal)

Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra (inc. Principal)

Aurora Orchestra

BBC Concert Orchestra

BBC National Orchestra of Wales

Britten Sinfonia

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

English Chamber Orchestra

English National Ballet

John Wilson Orchestra

London Chamber Orchestra

London Concertante

London Philharmonic Orchestra

London Symphony Orchestra

Manchester Camerata

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden

Philharmonia Orchestra

Royal Ballet Sinfonia

Royal Northern Sinfonia

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra

RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra

Sinfonia Cymru (Principal)

Ulster Orchestra

Commercial and Session Experience

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - UK and Ireland Tour (Principal chair holder 2023-24)

Dream Town Orchestra

My Fair Lady - London Coliseum 2022 (inc. Principal)

Les Misérables - West End deputy (inc. Principal)

Lion King – West End & UK Tour deputy

London Concert Orchestra - Raymond Gubbay

London Metropolitan Orchestra

Phantom of the Opera - West End deputy

Prince of Egypt - West End deputy (inc. Principal)

War Horse - Solo Horn (National Theatre)

Orchestral Training

2018
2015/6
2012
2011-2014

Education

2019-2021

2015-2019
2018

Encuentro Santande
European Union Youth Orchestr
London Symphony Orchestra Brass Academy
National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain (Principal Horn

Royal College of Music, London - MPerf (Distinction) - Help Musicians UK Scholar
Professors: Jeffrey Bryant, Simon Rayner, John Ryan, Kira Doherty, John Thurgood
RCM, London - BMus (Hons), 1st Class - ABRSM Scholar and RCM Foundation Scholar
Mozarteum Salzburg, studying Konzertfach Horn - Erasmus+ Grant

SOLO PERFORMANCE Mozart Horn Concerto 2	Richmond Symphony Orchestra, Waveney Sinfonia

Mozart Horn Concerto 4	Welsh Chamber Orchestra (2015 Beaumaris International Festival)
Strauss Horn Concerto 1	North London Symphony Orchestra, Waveney Sinfonia
Strauss Horn Concerto 2 Glière Horn Concerto	Brent Symphony Orchestra, Windsor & Maidenhead Symphony Orchestra, Kensington Philharmonic Orchestra, Woking Symphony Orchestra, Bolton Symphony Orchestra Kensington Philharmonic Orchestra, RCM JD Symphony Orchestra

References available on request

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Instruments
Horn, Natural Horn, Wagner Tuba