Sabrina Pullen

Sabrina works as a freelance horn player and brass teacher, and is based in South London. A well-travelled performer, Sabrina has played in orchestras in China, India, Europe and the UK. She regularly performs with Southern Sinfonia and Orchestra of Stowe Opera, alongside various freelance orchestras. Her concerto performances include Haydn’s Double Horn Concerto, Schumann’s Konzertstück and Mozart’s 3rd Horn Concerto. Equally at home in period and contemporary settings, Sabrina has performed with Benslow Baroque Opera, Essex Baroque Orchestra, Dartington Festival Baroque Orchestra, Belsize Baroque, and with the period wind ensemble Syrinx Winds, on baroque and natural horns. She took part in the 2015 London premiere of the 64-horn piece Across the Distance by John Luther Adams, and has also premiered music by Gordon Carr, Richard Bullen, and Rhian Samuel. Sabrina’s chamber music work includes the large wind and brass ensemble – Spectrum, the Matt Gough Jazz Dectet, and Chapel Brass. Sabrina studied Music for her Bachelors degree at the University of Birmingham, studying performance with Simon de Souza, Peter Dyson, Anneke Scott (natural horn) and Sue Dent (natural horn), and composition with Vic Hoyland. Sabrina obtained a post-graduate performance diploma from Birmingham Conservatoire, where she took part in the CBSO training scheme and was a finalist in the Bernard Brown chamber music competition. She subsequently moved to London and completed her Master of Music degree at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance. Sabrina held the Rosamund Mott, TCM Trust and Leverhulme Scholarships at TLCMD, where she studied with Roger Montgomery (modern and natural horn) and Michael Murray.