Engagements...
11th Sep 2010 - 10am to 4pm
Heritage Weekend - St Peter's by the Waterfront12th Sep 2010 - 10am to 4pm
Heritage Weekend - St Peter's by the Waterfront19th Sep 2010 - 13:00 to 16:00
[IHB] The 36th Grand Henham Steam Rally - Henham Park, near Southwold, Suffolk
Contact us...
The Ipswich Hospital Band Limited
Scrutton Bland
17/19 Museum Street
Ipswich
Suffolk
IP1 1HE
Our Conductor
Peter Gray is a native of Co.Tyrone Northern Ireland leaving his home town at the age of 15 to join the world of Military music and served 16 years with the Band of The 1st Battalion The Royal Hampshire Regiment (known as the Tigers) and 9 years with The Staff Band of the Corps of Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers (known as the REME).
His service has taken him all over the world to such places as Hong Kong, USA, Canada, West Germany, Berlin, Holland, Switzerland, Belgium, France, Falkland Islands and the Gulf and has performed before Royalty, the Priminister and visiting heads of State. His service entitles him to wear the following medals; GSM, LS&GC, Gulf War Medal, Saudi Medal (Desert Storm) & The Freedom of Kuwait Medal. Having received injuries during the Gulf War in 1991 he was medically discharged from the REME Band on 31st July 1996.
His musical history lies evenly spread between Brass & Symphonic Wind Bands and he has conducted many bands in the South & East of both Brass & Wind and contested at the Wessex Championships in Bournemouth as well as The East Anglian Championships at Norwich.
He is very much an accomplished player on Brass valved instruments and in his spare time (when he gets some) he arranges music for the band as well as writing his own compositions.
