Carol Jarvis is ITA President
Carol Jarvis has been appointed as President of the International Trombone Association (ITA). The appointment makes her the first female President in the ITA’s history. In her first column for its in-house ITA Journal publication, Carol stated that it is "a great honour".
Carol Jarvis is a multi-award-winning much in-demand freelance trombonist, session musician, arranger, orchestrator, and voiceover artist. She has appeared as guest principal trombone with most of the UK’s major symphony orchestras and has toured and recorded extensively with a whole host of stars such as Sting, Paloma Faith, Seal, MUSE, Daughter, Bon Jovi, and Ellie Goulding.
Carol’s session work features on numerous soundtracks for feature films, advertisements, jingles, albums, and singles, and she regularly performs in London’s West End shows. Her orchestrations have featured on albums at the top of the UK and US billboard charts, won the Mercury Music Prize, been recorded at the famous Capitol Studios in Hollywood, and played during The Oscars.
Carol is a past president of the British Trombone Society, is currently the president of the International Trombone Festival Board, is a Rath trombones endorsed artist and has recently released a stunning new album entitled ‘In my Veins’.
With fellow performer Megumi Kanda as Vice-President/President Elect, Carol stated that they would "serve as advocates for greater inclusion for our beloved instrument" and a positive step towards change and support for all minority groups. With her open invitation for people to contact her and discuss ideas of how best she can serve the trombone community in her role, Carol said that she would "like to work together to meet the growing expectations of members to be as inclusive and diverse as an association can be".
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