Archive for the 'Tours' Category

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The city of Durham is such a beautiful place and we were made to feel very at home during our week long stay at the Durham International Brass Festival. We really packed in the performances. In 5 days we did 12 outreach concerts, a radio broadcast for Durham FM and a recital of contemporary and […]

From the 12th to the 17th July Bella Tromba will be heading up North to Durham for BRASS: Durham International Festival 2009.

Clare and I were lucky enough to set off to Northern Ireland in conjunction with Live Music Now and Comic Relief where we visited some beautiful towns. Banbridge, Omagh and even stopped off for lunch in Belfast before we headed home. Our total trip consisted of two nights and in that, four workshops. We worked […]

This weekend we visited a rural village called Milverton near Taunton. It was great to get out of London and breathe some fresh air and enjoy some local hospitality. Myself and Vickie went down to do a couple of workshops the day before our recital. We vistied an old folks home and after we had […]

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 […]