Archive for the 'Tours' Category

I hope you all have a fantastic Easter! We have all been really busy in the lead up to Easter, as a group and individually. With Easter being so early, lots of concerts have been crammed into a very short space of time. The weekend before Easter was extremely busy – every musician I know […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

We are currently in the process of organising some further-a-field tours, the Welsh Arts Festival especially helping boost the publicity of our group. During this festival we got to meet such people as Catrin Finch and the whole of Parc and Dare Band. I was brought up in the brass band world, being originally from […]

Another week, another tour! Well, that’s what its felt like this last month. Not that I’m complaining, it’s great to be so busy. We’ve spent the last week in lovely Yorkshire on a mini tour for Live Music Now doing 2 to 4 concerts a day in various special needs schools. […]

Bella Tromba travelled up to Wales on the afternoon of Sunday 11th June, in the roasting heat, with a car filled to the brim ready for our busy and exciting week ahead. My car has never been so full we had with us about 10 trumpets between us, mutes, hosepipes, clothes and ball dresses; there […]

We have had lots of great feed back from our gig in Hackney, if anyone lives near Cafe Bohemia, I recommend a visit. On Saturday there was a jazz band playing and on Wednesday evenings they have flamenco dancers - something for everyone. On Sunday, Jo and Clare had to go to another gig while […]

Thanks very much to the friends who came along to our concert in Café Bohemia in Hackney and to everyone who walked in off the street and stayed to hear us play. The café was really friendly and we had a great time playing some of our favourite pieces as well as some new repertoire. […]