Alexander Harris

Alexander is a horn player based in London, studying towards a Masters in Performance at the Royal College of Music, where he is a Musicians’ Company Lambert Scholar. As a graduate of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, where he was generously supported by the Worshipful Company of Girdlers, he was awarded both a first-class honours degree and The Lord Mayor’s Prize. Alexander previously studied at the Royal College of Music Junior Department, where he was awarded the Anthony Gray Horn Prize in 2019. 

Alexander has performed with the BBC Symphony, City of Birmingham Symphony, National Symphony and Royal Philharmonic Orchestras. Alexander is Principal Horn of the Young Musicians Symphony Orchestra and was a member of the international Encuentro de Música y Academia de Santander (Spain). He has performed at the BBC Proms (London), Aldeburgh Festival (Snape Maltings), Young Euro Classic (Berlin) and at venues across the UK and Europe.

In addition to his career as a horn player, Alexander is also an experienced conductor and pianist. He has led ensembles at the Royal Philharmonic Society Awards, Guildhall School, Birmingham Bradshaw Hall and Leipzig Mendelssohn-Haus. An active pianist, Alexander premiered Richard Bissill’s Sonata for Horn and Piano with Elspeth Dutch at the 2022 British Horn Festival. He is an accompanist for the British Ballet Organisation and has performed with soloists at leading music conservatoires across the UK. Also a composer, Alexander’s works have also been recognised at the BrookWright International Brass Ensemble Competition, and have been recorded by members of the London Symphony Orchestra and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House. 

ander’s first experience with The Brass Academy was as a tutor in Summer 2021 and ever since, the courses have always been a highlight of the year.