Congratulations to the 2026 Christopher Monk Award recipient, Anneke Scott!
By Steven Plank & Sandy Coffin | 18 March, 2026
The Historic Brass Society takes great pleasure in announcing that Anneke Scott is the 2026
recipient of the prestigious Christopher Monk Award. The award was established by the Society
in 1995 to recognize scholars, performers, instrument makers, or teachers who have made
significant and life-long contributions to study and/or performance in the field of brass history.
Anneke Scott’s activities as a leading performer on the historic horn, and as a pedagogue and
researcher have placed her in the forefront of historic horn praxis with a multi-faceted career of
high distinction. Anneke is principal horn of a number of internationally renowned period instrument
ensembles including Sir John Eliot Gardiner’s Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique and
The English Baroque Soloists, Raphaël Pichon's ensemble Pygmalion, Harry Christopher’s
The Orchestra of the Sixteen, the Irish Baroque Orchestra, and the Dunedin Consort. She also
enjoys an international solo career and has a discography embracing three centuries of
virtuosic horn works, from the famous obligato arias of Bach and Handel to early nineteenth
century Viennese sonatas. She is the artistic director of the Prince Regent Band, and a
founder member of the harmoniemusik ensemble Boxwood and Brass. Her most recent
research (and PhD thesis) has focused on timbre and portamento in natural horn playing of
the first half of the 19th century. Anneke has published numerous articles on horn
performance practices and instrument designs.
Anneke teaches at the Royal Conservatoire in The Hague (Koninklijk Conservatorium, Den
Haag) as well as at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Royal Welsh College of Music and
Drama and Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance.
On Sunday, March 15, HBS Vice-President Sandy Coffin presented the plaque to
Anneke prior to a concert of the Irish Baroque Orchestra in New York City.
For more information about The Monk Award,
visit https://www.historicbrass.org/community/awards/christopher-monk-award
