Bella Tromba

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Bella Tromba are an all-female trumpet quartet founded in 2004. The four founding members all studied at the Royal Academy of Music in London.

They regularly appear at the UK's leading music festivals including Cheltenham, Harrogate, and Deal and are particularly active in the commissioning of new works for brass and trumpet quartet.

They are past winners of the Park Lane Group Young Artists award and are currently Live Music Now artists.

They have twice appeared on BBC Radio 3's In Tune program with Sean Rafferty, and in 2007 performed and recorded with American rapper and producer Kanye West.

They exclusively perform using Denis Wick mutes.

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[edit] Commissioned works and premieres

  • Berceuse in a Box, 2007. By Paul Whitmarsh.
  • The First Four Trumpets, 2007. By Paul Max Edlin.
  • Ancient Battlefields, 2007. By Giles Easterbrook.
  • Booze, Ballads And Bloodshed, 2008. By Ross Brown.
  • Gestures III, 2008. By Hugo Ribeiro.
  • There'll never be another you, 2008. By Gavin Broom.
  • Jazz Songs for Trumpets and Vibraphone, 2008. By Gavin Broom.

[edit] Awards

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