British Horn Festival 2025
Sunday 30th November 10am-7:15pm Royal College of Music, London
Join us in London for a jam-packed day of horn-playing fun and workshops!
Where: Royal College of Music, Prince Consort Road, London SW7 2BS
When: Sunday 30thNovember 2025
Time: 10:30 to 19:15 (Doors open at 10:00)
Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/british-horn-society-bhs-festival-2025-tickets-1652892950309
An event for all ages and levels led by guest artists the London Horn Quartet – Annemarie Federle (London Philharmonic Orchestra), Diego Incertis and Jonathan Maloney (London Symphony Orchestra) and Zoë Tweed (Royal Philharmonic Orchestra) – plus the RCM and Junior Department horn professors and players from across London’s professional orchestras and West End shows.
This year’s unmissable festival features:
- An afternoon recital from guest artists The London Horn Quartet
- GALSI (Gender and the Large Shiny Instruments) “in conversation with…”
- Masterclasses – Relaxed and Advanced
- Our BHS Composition Prize 2025 winner
- U18s workshop with RCM Junior Department
- London Horns – hear your favourite London horn players
- West End show workshops on Les Mis & Frozen
- Horn workshops and directed ensembles for all levels
- TED talks: Faber’s French Horn Basics book, Posture, Practice, Health and Wellbeing
- Conservatoire players “hang-out”
- West Side Story Suite played by UK Conservatoire horn ensembles
You can also visit this year’s exhibitors for those vital horn purchases: Paxman, Alexander, Woodhead Horns, Zoltán Juhász (natural horns), Halex horns, edition db, Wiggins Music and many more.
BHS Open Masterclass Opportunity
Open to all players (young person, student or adult), slots are available in both our Relaxed Masterclass (Grade 4-8 level) and Advanced Masterclass (Grade 8+/Diploma). Participants will be anonymously selected based on pieces offered to give a broad range of repertoire for everyone to explore.
The application deadline is 9th November: https://forms.office.com/e/9ECCkLNXp9
Spread the word, bring your friends and fellow enthusiasts, and celebrate the horn with the BHS in London!
Lindsey Stoker – British Horn Society (Chair)