Isobel Daws
(she/her)
Isobel began to play the cornet at the age of three under the joint direction of her father, David Daws, and the late Maisie Ringham Wiggins MBE. She moved onto the trombone in September 2008 and within six months gained a scholarship to study trombone and piano at The Purcell School of Music. After eight years at the Purcell, she moved to Chetham’s School to study A Levels.
In 2014 Isobel was one of the five finalists in the BBC’s Young Musician of the Year Brass Category, and in 2018 she was once again in the Brass Category Final where she went on to be crowned the winner. In 2017, Isobel was the winner of the BBC Young Brass Award playing live on Radio 2. Isobel is alumni of the Junior Guildhall School of Music and Drama, The National Children’s and Youth Brass Bands of Great Britain, and The National Children’s and Youth Orchestras of Great Britain.
Isobel graduated from the Royal Academy of Music in 2022 where she completed her four-year undergraduate course studying with Matt Gee, Peter Moore and Ian Bousfield. Isobel won the Karajan Academy position at the Berlin Philharmonic in January 2022, where she studied with Thomas Leyendecker.
Isobel has performed with orchestras including the London Symphony Orchestra, Berlin Philharmonic, Philharmonia, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Munich Philharmonic, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, and brass ensemble, Septura. Isobel is a founding member of trombone quartet, Bone-afide, who have recorded a Christmas album, Christmas with Bone-afide and more recently a folk album with World of Sound. She recorded her debut solo album with World of Sound in January 2022 which is available to stream on all platforms.
In July 2023, Isobel won the Principal Trombone position in the Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra where she is now a permanent member.
Isobel is a Getzen Artist, and plays on a 4147IB Getzen Trombone. She is sponsored by Greg Black Mouthpieces.
What does Isobel play?
Mouthpiece - Greg Black 5G
Trombone - Getzen 4147 IB
Greg Black 5G (Regular weight)
- Isobel has hers rose gold plated
- Isobel uses a‘get a grip’ hand grip