Helen Vollam (born 7 June 1974) 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 Maisie Ringham MBE (June 1924 – 3 December 2016), later Maisie Ringham-Wiggins, was a British musician. She was the first woman to be a principal trombonist in a British orchestra. Early life Ringham was born in Woolwich, London. Her parents ...

of the Hallé Orchestra in the last century. She joined the trombone quartet,

Bones Apart Bones Apart is an English All-female band, all-female trombone quartet. The group formed in 1999 at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester. As of 2019, the group includes Becky Smith (musician), Becky Smith, Sarah Williams (musician), ...

, in 2007, and is also an Associate member of the Chamber Orchestra of Europe.

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