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  2. Abbie Conant - Wikipedia

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    Abbie Conant is an American trombonist and former professor at the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik, Trossingen. [3] She was selected in a blind audition as the overwhelming first choice for Principal Trombonist of the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra in 1980, [4] but was subject to sexist discrimination once the selection committee learned they had chosen a woman.

  3. Category:Women trombonists - Wikipedia

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    Printable version; Help. This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:Trombonists. It includes trombonists that can also be found in the parent category, or in ...

  4. Melba Liston - Wikipedia

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    Melba Doretta Liston (January 13, 1926 – April 23, 1999) [1] was an American jazz trombonist, arranger, and composer. Other than those playing in all-female bands, she was the first woman trombonist to play in big bands during the 1940s and 1960s, but as her career progressed she became better known as an arranger, [2] particularly in partnership with pianist Randy Weston.

  5. Gunhild Carling - Wikipedia

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    Carling became known for her performance at Allsång på Skansen on 20 July 2010. The same year, she became an expert commentator for Dansbandskampen at SVT.Gunhild plays trombone, bagpipes, trumpet, recorder, string instruments (such as banjo, ukulele and harp), and will often showcase all of her skills in one song, sometimes casually breaking into a tap dance or singing.

  6. Helen Jones Woods - Wikipedia

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    Genres. Jazz, swing. Occupation. Musician. Instrument. Trombone. Helen Elizabeth Jones Woods (October 9 or November 14, 1923 – July 25, 2020) was an American jazz and swing trombone player renowned for her performances with the International Sweethearts of Rhythm. She was inducted into the Omaha Black Music Hall of Fame in 2007.

  7. Megumi Kanda - Wikipedia

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    Current. Kanda is currently the principal trombonist with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra (MSO) in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, a position she won in 2002 (out of a field of 76 applicants for the position, only seven of whom were female). [2] Andreas Delfs was the Music Director of the MSO at the time. [6] Megumi Kanda is a Greenhoe Trombones Artist ...

  8. Bones Apart - Wikipedia

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    Bones Apart is an English all-female trombone quartet. The group formed in 1999 at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester. [1] [2] As of 2019, the group includes Becky Smith, Sarah Williams, Jayne Murrill, and Helen Vollam. [1] Former members include Carol Jarvis, Becca Harper, Lorna McDonald, Camilla Tveit and Arlene Macfarlane. [1 ...

  9. Helen Vollam - Wikipedia

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    Helen Vollam. 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 ...