Alison Balsom is great. I have her CDs. Btw, she will be over the "pond" in April and May. Giving recitals in Chicago and other cities. See here: http://www.alisonbalsom.com/concerts/index.shtml Ole P.S. Also here in Norway many of the most talented trumpet players these days are female. I wrote about one of them here: http://trompetforum.org/english/tine/