Bones Apart Explained
| Bones Apart |
| Origin: | Manchester, England |
| Genre: | Various |
| Years Active: | 1999–present |
| Website: | bonesapart.com |
| Current Members: | Becky Smith
Sarah Williams(musician)
Jayne Murrill
Helen Vollam |
| Past Members: | Carol Jarvis
Becca Harper
Arlene Macfarlane
Lorna McDonald and Camilla Tveit. |
Bones Apart is an English all-female trombone quartet. The group formed in 1999 at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester.[1] As of 2019, the group includes Becky Smith, Sarah Williams, Jayne Murrill, and Helen Vollam.[2] Former members include Carol Jarvis, Becca Harper, Lorna McDonald, Camilla Tveit and Arlene Macfarlane.[2] [3] [4]
Tours and performances
The quartet has toured throughout Europe, Japan and in the United States including performances at the International Trombone Festival, the International Women's Brass Conference, the Spanish Brass Festival, and the Edinburgh International Festival, Scandinavian Trombone Festival, Lieksa Brass Week, Vilnius Festival, Bury St Edmunds Festival, Leicester International Music Festival, Sauerland-Herbst Festival, Eastern Trombone Workshop in Washington, DC.[2] [5] [6]
Awards
The group won the 2001 Royal Over-Seas League Competition and has also won the Philip Jones Award.[1] [6]
Discography
Bones Apart has released four albums.[7]
- No More Blues (2002)
- Enigma (2006)
- four4four (2009)
- ten (2009) - 10th anniversary CD
External links
Notes and References
- News: Music Department To Present SummerArts Concerts. SIUE News . Southern Illinois University Edwardsville . 2003-05-27 . 2008-04-06.
- Web site: About us. 2008-03-31 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090129125859/http://bonesapart.webs.com/aboutus.htm . 2009-01-29.
- News: All-Female, British Trombone Quartet To Perform At SIUE On June 9 . SIUE News . Southern Illinois University Edwardsville . 2003-06-02 . 2008-04-06 . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20080305221626/http://www.siue.edu/news/archives/ArchivesJUN2003.shtml . 2008-03-05 .
- Web site: Bones Apart, the all-female tromboners. 2008-02-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150203225837/http://caymannetnews.com/2006/02/1033/female.shtml . 2015-02-03 .
- Web site: Blowing in from across the Atlantic... . 2007-11-16 . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150203212958/http://www.cumberlandnews.co.uk/features/2.3058/blowing-in-from-across-the-atlantic-1.351064 . 2015-02-03 .
- Web site: Shepherd School of Music - Houston, TX. 2008-03-31. https://archive.today/20070515045514/http://music.rice.edu/featured/bones_apart.html. 2007-05-15. dead.
- Web site: Discography . . n.d. . BonesApart.webs.com . 2019-04-02.
