Jack was brought up in the Lake District, where he took up the clarinet at a young age.
He was principal clarinettist of Westmorland Youth Orchestra, Liverpool Philharmonic Youth Orchestra and has participated in National Youth Orchestra Projects and also a European Union Youth Orchestra project in the Proms.
He is also the founder of the Olympus Clarinet Quintet- a Royal College of Music based group comprising of clarinet and string quartet, playing the great clarinet quintet repertoire such as Brahms and Mozart as well as commissioning new works for the ensemble.
As a soloist, Jack was a runner-up in the Keldwyth award, a highly prestigious award for talented musicians in the Lakes, performing a recital of Weber, Mozart and Schumann.
With orchestras, Jack has twice performed the Weber Concertino for clarinet and orchestra; he is currently studying at the Royal College of Music with Timothy Lines and Barnaby Robson.
Conductor – Richard Howarth
Soloist Jack Horrocks – Clarinet
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Hindemith |
Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Carl Maria von Weber |
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Mozart |
Clarinet Concerto in A |
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Brahms |
Symphony No2 |
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