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Jake Parker

Horn

Trials 

  • Orchestra of Opera North - 3rd Horn (October 2025 - present)
  • Orchestra of Scottish Opera - 3rd Horn (May 2025 - present)
  • Philharmonia Orchestra - 3rd Horn (May 2025 - present)
  • National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland - Principal Horn (March 2025 - present)
  • Royal Scottish National Orchestra - Principal Horn (December 2024 - June 2025)
  • Orchestra of Scottish Opera – 2nd Horn (October 2023 - March 2025)
  • City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra – 2nd Horn (July 2021 - July 2022)

Professional Orchestral Experience  - (* denotes work including guest principal) 

  • BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra*
  • Britten Sinfonia*
  • City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
  • London Symphony Orchestra
  • National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland*
  • Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden 
  • Opera North*
  • Philharmonia Orchestra*
  • Royal Philharmonic Orchestra*
  • Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra*
  • Scottish Chamber Orchestra
  • Scottish Opera
  • Orchestra of St. John’s*
  • Orchestra for the Earth*
  • National Symphony Orchestra (UK)*
  • London Concert Orchestra

Commercial and Theatre work 

  • COOL Music Ltd
  • National Symphony Orchestra (UK)
  • Back to the Future: The Musical - West End (deputy)
  • The Essential Orchestra with Jules Buckley

Orchestral Training 

  • Southbank Sinfonia Fellow 2022/23 – Co-principal
  • Britten Pears Young Artist 2019 & 2020
  • Young Musicians’ Symphony Orchestra - Principal Horn - 2019-23

Solo Performance 

  • Schumann ‘Konzertstück for 4 horns’ - Young Musicians’ Symphony Orchestra (Feb ‘22)
  • Britten ‘Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings’ – Academy of St. Mary-le-Bow (Jun ‘23)

Education 

  • Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London
    • BMus (Hons) - 1st Class with Concert Recital Diploma – Class of 2021
    • MMus in Performance - Orchestral Artistry – Distinction (September 2021 – July 2022)

 Teachers: Phil Munds, David Pyatt, Jonathan Lipton, Angela Barnes, Richard Bissill, Sue Dent 

 Referees: Phil Munds, Jonathan Lipton


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Instruments
Horn