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Well known British jazz trombonist Dennis Rollins is launching a new acoustic straight-ahead jazz outfit: Dennis Rollins' Velocity Trio. Whilst obviously influenced by jazz and swing, Velocity Trio also incorporates a progressive, contemporary...
18-year-old Stephen Sykes has won the UK Lions competition at the Birmingham Conservatoire last weekend. The competition featured eight trombonists aged 8-23 who represented regions across Britain. Stephen will now compete in the European...
A new incentive for scholarship into low brass has been announced. The Clifford Bevan Award for Research is a $500 award for an outstanding item of research over 4000 words, to be awarded...
The Bacchus Trombone Quartet (third place winners at the BTS Quartet Competition 2008) will be holding a lunchtime recital in Birmingham on Friday. 27th March 2009. 12.30pm - 1.30pm St. Martins in the...
A brand new jazz trombone group will be featured at London's 100 Club in May. The Bone Supremacy, a top professional group of five trombones and rhythm section, was launched earlier this month...
The computing power of an Apple iPhone has now been channelled into producing a musical instrument remeniscent of a trombone. The 'Leaf Trombone' application controlls the note using a slide (enough positions for...
Taiwan invites trombone students for a week of masterclasses from American orchestral trombonists. The course costs about $1000 in Taipai 15th-23rd July and the organisers invite auditions tapes from students around the world. The...
18 year-old Stephen Sykes has become the first trombonist to win the BBC Radio 2 Brass Soloist competition. Stephen Sykes receives the BBC trophy from previous winner Katrina Marzella (photo John Stirzaker) Stephen, who...
The final of the Lions competition next month will feature eight young trombonists aged 11 to 23. Taking place at Birmingham Conservatoire, each finalist has been selected by a regional Lions club and...
Five professional jazz trombonists from the South of England will be getting together to perform a special performance as part of the Brighton Fringe Festival. The line up of trombonists is: Jerry Dearden,...
Yorkshire-based trombone choir Bones North @ Clifton meet again at the start of April and all trombonists are welcome to come for a blow! This special occasion will help mark International Trombone Week...
Campbell Burnap is remembered in a new Memorial DVD put together by his wife to raise money for two charities. The jazz trombonist and broadcaster who died on 30th May last year is...
Sunday 22 February 2009 3.00pm-6.00pm Lord Rhodes Room Royal Northern College of Music Admission Free (but necessary to guarantee your place in advance) Please contact Chris Houlding at christopherhoulding@googlemail.com or write c/o Royal Northern College of Music, 124...
Having performed the Rota concerto to great acclaim in seven performances around the world last Autumn with the Vienna Philharmonic and Muti, star British trombonist Ian Bousfield is already looking forward to his...
Paul Davies is performing the Jacob concerto with the Crosby Symphony Orchestra on 8 February, in a programme with Brahms' 4th Symphony. Sunday, 8 February 2009, 7.30pm St Faith's Church, Great Crosby, Liverpool, UK £7...
Did you catch the Vienna Philharmonic trombones' unique performance last year? Bones Apart playing their superb new arrangements? Brett Baker playing the best of the new solos? Enjoyed the camaraderie and golden sounds...
Jon Webber, Julian Smith, Derrick Parker and Mark Howarth are giving a trombone quartet concert in Coventry on Wednesday 7 January 2009 at 7.30pm in St Mary Magdalene's Church, Earlsdon, Coventry.
Sunday 22 February 2009 3.00pm-6.00pm Lord Rhodes Room Royal Northern College of Music Admission Free (but necessary to guarantee your place in advance) Please contact Chris Houlding at christopherhoulding@googlemail.com or write...
Following 46 submissions to the BTS Composers Competition 2008-2009, judges Bruce Fraser, Philip Wilby and Paul Lovatt-Cooper have selected worthy winners. The standard in the Senior Quartet and Unaccompanied sections was very high....