Larissa Zetlein has been very busy performing trombone. To start the summer off she successfully got the 1st trombone job in the Central Band of the Royal British Legion, which provides a large amount of performance opportunities throughout the year. This summer with the Central Band she played at the Winter Gardens in Margate; Centre Court at Wimbledon for both the male and female finals; a week in Eastbourne at the famous Bandstand; a Long Service Ceremony for the Met Police; at the Theatre Royale in Windsor for the Windsor Festival, and even a wedding with Embassy Big Band (all musicians from Central Band).

As well as performing with the Central Band over the summer, the last weekend in September was spent in Dover recording a Christmas CD. One of the best parts of Larissa’s summer, however, came when she played in a BBC Prom on the 12th August with the National Youth Wind Orchestra. Larissa has been a member of NYWO since 2008. The NYWO’s programme was an all British one: Vaughan-Williams’ Flourish for Winds; Holst’s Suite No. 2 in F; the world premiere of Gavin Higgins’ Der Aufstand; Martin Ellerby Paris’ Sketches and finally Walton’s Crown Imperial (even making use of the Royal Albert Hall Organ for the ending).