Simon de Souza

Simon de Souza (born c.1964) is a French horn teacher in the United Kingdom. He has been a tutor at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire since 2004;[1] and Wells Cathedral School since the 1990s.[2] He also taught at the Purcell School and the junior departments of the Trinity College of Music and Royal Academy of Music.[1][3]

Biography and playing career

De Souza was brought up in Henley-on-Thames. He studied under British horn teacher Ifor James, followed by postgraduate studies at Trinity College of Music in London. His performing career has seen him work with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Bolshoi Ballet and particularly the quintet Chaconne Brass, with whom he has made four recordings[4] and been broadcast on BBC Radio 3.[5]

Teaching

De Souza is renowned as a teacher. His past pupils include two under-18 winners of the Shell/LSO prize and a winner of the British final of the Paxman International Horn Competition; several former students hold principal positions in major British orchestras.[1][6][7]

He has worked with many youth orchestras, including the National Youth Wind Orchestra of Wales, National Youth Wind Orchestra of Great Britain,[8] National Children’s Wind Orchestra, National Schools Symphony Orchestra and National Children's Orchestra of Great Britain. He has written on horn teaching matters for publications including Music Teacher and the Hornplayer magazine, journal of the British Horn Society, of which he was vice-chair and educational consultant.[9]

References
  1. "Simon de Souza". bcu.ac.uk. Royal Birmingham Conservatoire. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
  2. "Simon de Souza, Baroque and Natural Horn". wells.cathedral.school. Wells Cathedral School. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
  3. "Simon de Souza". ram.ac.uk. Royal Academy of Music. Archived from the original on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
  4. "About". chaconnebrass.com. Chaconne Brass. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
  5. "Chaconne Brass and Anna Meredith". In Tune. 6 August 2009. BBC. BBC Radio 3. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
  6. "Elspeth Dutch - Section Leader Horn". cbso.co.uk. City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
  7. "Players". bbc.co.uk. BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
  8. "NYWO People". nywo.org.uk. National Youth Wind Orchestra of Great Britain. Archived from the original on 11 December 2009. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
  9. Humphries, John. "The British Horn Society 1980-2013 - Mike Thompson takes over". british-horn.org. British Horn Society. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
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