Helen Vollam Explained

Birth Date:	7 June 1974
Background:	non_vocal_instrumentalist
Instrument:	Trombone
Current Member Of:	BBC Symphony Orchestra Bones Apart

Helen Vollam (born 7 June 1974)^[1] is Principal Trombone for the BBC Symphony Orchestra. In 2004, she was the first woman to be appointed principal trombone in a London orchestra, and the first in a UK orchestra since Maisie Ringham of the Hallé Orchestra in the last century.^[2] She joined the trombone quartet, Bones Apart, in 2007, and is also an Associate member of the Chamber Orchestra of Europe.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Bones Apart Trombone Quartet . https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/facebook/8000062185/10152792871417186 . 2022-02-26 . limited. Facebookm . 2016-05-23.
2. Herbert, Trevor. The Trombone, New Haven, Connecticut: Yale UP, 2006. 260.
3. Web site: Helen Vollam . Trombone-usa.com . 2015-10-05 . 2016-05-23.