Steven Reading

British classical French Horn player, music engraver, copyist, librarian, arranger & publisher at Scores Reformed Ltd. He studied at The Guildhall School Of Music & Drama (1971-1974). He has worked many years as music engraver, transcribing hard copy from publishers and composers onto Sibelius, the computer music typesetting software. For 35 years he was a leading freelance horn player in London, performing with almost all of the UK's orchestras, including The Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra & the London Symphony Orchestra, and also with many European ensembles, spending two years as 2nd Horn in I Flamminghi. In 1996, a change of direction led to him becoming a music engraver, and arranger. He was a major copyist for BBC Music Library from 1996 to 2010 and worked as copyist for many commercial film and TV companies. He was librarian and copyist for the composer Carl Davis (5). He has worked extensively in film and TV music preparation, and also for studio and concert work. He has started a new Music Publishing company - Scores Reformed Ltd. - in 2009.