- Bones Apart
Infobox Musical artist
Name = Bones Apart
Background = group_or_band
Origin =Manchester ,England
Genre = Various
Years_active = 1999–present
URL = [http://www.bonesapart.com/ bonesapart.com]
Current_members = Becky Smith
Lorna McDonaldJayne Murrill Helen Vollam
Past_members =Carol Jarvis Becca Harper Arlene Macfarlane Bones Apart is a British all-female
trombone quartet . The group formed in 1999 at theRoyal Northern College of Music inManchester .cite news|url=http://www.siue.edu/news/TheOarchives/TheOArchive052703.shtml| title=Music Department To Present SummerArts Concerts|work=SIUE News |publisher=Southern Illinois University Edwardsville |date=2003-05-27 |accessdate=2008-04-06] As of 2008, the group includes Becky Smith, Lorna McDonald,Jayne Murrill , andHelen Vollam .cite web|url=http://bonesapart.webs.com/aboutus.htm|title=About us|accessdate=2008-03-31] Former members includeCarol Jarvis ,Becca Harper , andArlene Macfarlane .cite news |title=All-Female, British Trombone Quartet To Perform At SIUE On June 9|url=http://www.siue.edu/news/archives/ArchivesJUN2003.shtml |work=SIUE News |publisher=Southern Illinois University Edwardsville |date=2003-06-02 |accessdate=2008-04-06] cite web|url=http://caymannetnews.com/2006/02/1033/female.shtml|title=Bones Apart, the all-female tromboners|accessdate=2008-02-29] The group plays onlyConn-Selmer trombones.Tours and performances
The quartet has toured throughout
Europe and in theUnited States including performances at theInternational Trombone Festival , theInternational Women's Brass Conference , theSpanish Brass Festival , and theEdinburgh International Festival . [cite web|url=http://www.cumberland-news.co.uk/arts/viewarticle.aspx?id=562552|title=Blowing in from across the Atlantic...|accessdate=2007-11-16Dead link|date=May 2008] cite web|url=http://music.rice.edu/featured/bones_apart.html|title=Shepherd School of Music - Houston, TX|accessdate=2008-03-31]Awards
The group won the 2001
Royal Over-Seas League Competition and has also won thePhilip Jones Award.Discography
Bones Apart has released two albums.cite web|url=http://bonesapart.webs.com/recordings.htm|title=Recordings|accessdate=2008-04-14]
*"No More Blues" (2002)
*"Enigma" (2006)References
External links
* [http://www.bonesapart.com/ BonesApart.com]
*myspace|id=bonesaparttrombonequartet
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