David Costema, 2nd Trombone
Dave has been playing the trombone for just over 30 years, 19 of these were with the Army in a military band. His military career led him to attend The Royal Military School of Music at Kneller Hall. Just a few of the countries dave has performed in include, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, Cyprus, Canada, America, Germany, France. Also he has appeared on stage at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane in front of the Queen Mother in the Royal Variety Show and has appeared in an episode of Heartbeat and the movie Lords of Discipline starring Shaun Connerys son Jason.
After retiring from active service, he has worked as Director of Music for Gwent County Council and took time out from the activities of a professional musician in order to train in Instrumental Repair.
Since becoming a qualified Repair Technician, Dave has worked as a Repair Technician for one of Europe's largest instrumental suppliers - Normans Musical Instruments. After being exposed to the wide range of repairs neccessary in such an environment, Dave decided to become an independent Repair Technician, working from the comfort of his own workshop here in Derby. David is currently working in Singapore specialising in instrumental repair.