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Composers' Competition 2023
Comments: 0Submissions are now invited for the BTS Composers' Competition 2023. For more details, click *here* to go to our competitions page.
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Caption Competition
Comments: 0Win a Denis Wick Practice Mute (Tenor or Bass). Who is this comedy legend featured with Dara Ó Briain? Send your entry to secretary@britishtrombonesodicety.org by 31 May 2023. The winner will be announced on 1...
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New Bass Trombone Added To Instrument Loan Scheme
Comments: 0The BTS is delighted to welcome a new instrument into the Instrument Loan Scheme. Huge thanks and gratitude to Martin Voigt at Jurgen Voigt Brass for donating a beautiful bass trombone. This instrument...
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ITA Neil Humfield Award 2023 Goes To Dudley Bright
Comments: 0A huge Congratulations to Dudley Bright on winning the International Trombone Association 2023 Neill Humfeld Award! The Neil Humfeld Award for Excellence in Teaching recognizes one teacher each year who has demonstrated an...
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Amos Miller appointed Head of Brass Faculty
Comments: 0Congratulations to the wonderful Amos Miller who will be joining the Royal College of Music as Head of Brass in September 2023. "We are delighted that Amos Miller, founding member of internationally acclaimed brass...
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Roger Groves
Comments: 0The BTS is sad to report the passing of Roger Groves. Roger was a member of the BBC Concert Orchestra and before that, the London Symphony Orchestra where he can be heard...
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BTS Rondeau Video Release!
Comments: 0Released today (3 May) on our Video Channel, an arrangement of Henry Purcell's "Rondeau" by Michael Pilley for 10 Trombones and Drum Kit. Specially arranged and recorded as the British Trombone Society's contribution...
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Michael Marshall In Conversation With Bobby Lamb
Comments: 0New to our Video Channel. Coinciding with International Trombone Week 2023, on 19 April, Michael Marshall, second trombone with the RTE Concert Orchestra, Dublin, recorded Bobby Lamb’s Concerto for Trombone and Violin, to be...
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Surge Festival Trombone Choir
Comments: 0JOIN the surge festival TROMBONE CHOIR! *BEAUTIFUL BONES at Surge Festival 2023* This Summer in Glasgow, we are staging BEAUTIFUL BONES, a massed outdoor street theatre and music spectacle to be performed as part...
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The Trombonist - Spring 2023
Comments: 0The Spring 20223 edition of "The Trombonist" magazine is now published. Click *here* to access your copy.
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ECSE Coaching Session
Comments: 0As part of their ongoing support of the British Trombone Society’s Sackbut Competition in association with Egger Instruments, members of the English Cornett and Sackbut Ensemble, Adrian France, Tom Lees and Emily White,...
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International Trombone Week - Video Collaboration
Comments: 0The British Trombone Society invites you all to join us in a massed video for International Trombone Week (April 16 - 23, 2023). Michael Pilley has composed a piece specially for the occasion, using...
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New Principal Bass Trombone Appointed to the SSO
Comments: 0Alex Kelly has been appointed Principal Bass Trombone with BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Alex studied at Chetham’s School of Music with Les Storey, Rob Burtenshaw and Phil Goodwin, before going on to complete undergraduate...
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RPO Appoints Rupert Whitehead to Sub-Principal Trombone Position
Comments: 0Rupert Whitehead has been appointed to the position of Sub Principal Trombone (No.4) with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, having been an Associate Member since October 2017. Born in Carmarthenshire, Rupert grew up in...
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On This International Women's Day
Comments: 0"International Women’s Day celebrates the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women while also calling attention to the ongoing fight for gender equality. International Women’s Day first began in 1911 - now over 100...
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The Saga of the Missing Trombone – Part III
Comments: 0We are absolutely delighted to report that our errant Yamaha trombone has finally been returned to the BTS! After five long months of wrangling with DPD, a small but dedicated team within the...
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One Of Our Trombones Is Missing!
Comments: 0An update on the missing trombone and follow-up to last October's news article. As you will know, we run our instrument loan scheme each year to help young players who require the help...
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BTS Event Northern Ireland 2023
Comments: 0Announcing the BTS Event Northern Ireland 2023! In conjunction with the Education Authority, featuring guests from the Ulster Orchestra. EA Antrim Board Centre 17 Lough Road Antrim BT41 4DH Sunday 26 February 2023, 12:30 - 16:00. Admission...
