Welcome

I see the rôle of the British Trombone Society as a vehicle for players of all abilties and styles to share their love of music and the trombone and to promote the development of trombone playing and its teaching, as well as to explore and generate new repertoire for the instrument.

Please encourage your friends and colleagues to be members of the British Trombone Society. This is your Society. If you have any ideas for events or the future direction of the British Trombone Society, please speak to your local Regional Representative or members of the Executive Board and discuss them with us in the Forum.

The British Trombone Society website is run by an excellent team. Use it to talk about the trombone and keep up to date with news and events up and down the country. Include any events which may be going on in your area. The more we can encourage people to support live music the better.

About the BTS | Join Now

BTS Leicester Trombone Day

The British Trombone Society presents a spectacular day of trombone music and playing at Leicester Grammar School on Saturday 3 May 2008, which will celebrate the lyrical trombone playing of the late Don Lusher and the trombone in the brass band.

Artists confirmed include Nick Hudson (former Principal Trombone of YBS and Fodens Bands), Chris Jeans (Principal Trombone of GUS Band and formerly of Desford and Black Dyke Bands), Bob Hughes (Royal Academy of Music - Trombone Professor), Brett Baker (Principal Trombone of the Black Dyke Band), Gordon Campbell (Principal Trombone of the BBC Big Band), Jeremy Price (Head of Jazz, Birmingham Conservatoire), and the Ratby Co-operative Brass Band. For full details, please see the news item.

Online Subscription

Among the new features of the redesigned British Trombone Society website is an online subscription and renewal system with payment by instant bank transfer, debit or credit card. Purchase a single year's subscription or subscribe annually.

What's new?

The British Trombone Society website has been relocated to a new hosting organisation. and now sports a new domain name: http://www.britishtrombonesociety.org. Let us know what you think in the Forum.

Forum

The Forum is the hub of activity on the British Trombone Society website. There is a special section for British Trombone Society members to discuss anything and everything to do with the Society and events (registration required). We'd like to hear your views, so please join us in our virtual trombone lounge!

Facebook

Social networking website Facebook is quite popular with trombonists now, so we've created a virtual meeting place there. Now you can join the British Trombone Society Members group to hook up with other trombonists.

Young Trombonists Competition

The British Trombone Society presents a new competition to celebrate the musical talent amongst young trombonists in the UK. The first prize is a lesson from an eminent British trombonist and the deadline for entries is 30 June 2008. The final will be held at the BTS East Anglia Trombone Day at Oundle in October 2008. Full details are on the Competitions page.