Archive for the 'Concerts' Category

Bella Tromba will be performing at the Butlins Mineworkers Brass Band Contest on the 20th of January. We will be performing at 5:15pm. I am especially looking for to it, always takes me back to my roots, hearing a brass band. We will performing a varied programme, pieces such as Share my Yolk and Carnival […]

Last night was my last concert before Christmas, and I will be taking a few days off work. Clare is heading back to Newbury and Vickie has already gone up to Manchester. Nicole I think is on a ski slope somewhere in the South of France. (Alright for some) It has been a great year […]

On Remembrance Day trumpet players are often out in force playing last posts across the land, indeed the whole weekend can be busy with various requiem masses being performed to honour the dead. The trumpet has such a military history that most composers use a few in any piece about war. In Karl Jenkins The […]

August is usually a quiet time for musicians and after the frantic June and July Bella Tromba had we’ve all welcomed the break. However Friday did bring a very unusual and late call for the group…
Mid morning I had a call from a fixer wanting to book Bella Tromba for a session at Abbey […]

Just back from the Cheltenham Music Festival and had a fabulous time. Both premieres, Blockhead - Maxim Bendall and Berceuse in a Box - Paul Whitmarsh, went down well and was great to have both composers at the recital. (Maxim conducted his piece so was extra important he came along!). It was great to hear […]

Bella Tromba have been invited back to play on BBC Radio 3’s “In Tune” Programme (90-93 Fm) with Sean Rafferty. We will be interviewed and be performing Six Pieces D’Audition I II by Jean-Michel Defaye, Concerto for Four Violins by Telemann and Lift Thine Eyes from Elijah by Mendelssohn, both arranged by M. Greig, live […]

Three and a half weeks to go until we play at the Cheltenham Festival. I get a bit manic as I get psyched up for doing a big show and channel the nerves into preparation. Some people call it stress but I call it excitement and I will be hopping around with a mad glint […]

Last week was an exciting and varied week for Bella Tromba. Monday saw us at a Live Music Now training day on working with Young Offenders and Youth Offending Teams. It was a really interesting day split into two sections. The first session was lead by two members of a Youth Offending […]

So far 2007 has been incredibly busy for Bella Tromba and after a hectic few weeks before Easter the quartet finally has a bit of room to breathe (before the next onslaught starts!)
The end of March saw us on another mini tour, this time to Deryshire and Shropshire. We kicked the tour off with […]

SPNM, Bella Tromba and the Cheltenham Music Festival are launching a competition to find a talented composer from the SPNM short list to write a piece to be premiered by Bella Tromba at the Cheltenham Music Festival 2007.
Over the last few years we have given many premieres and thoroughly enjoyed working with composers. Our […]