Peter Wise


Pictured at the presentation ceremony of the Wessex Brass Band Association in December 1990. Left to right: Bob Morris (band representative), Peter Wise & Adjudicator, Howard Snell. Click image for details of the contest.
Peter Wise was born into the home of Salvation Army Officers and brass banding was in the blood from the start. He enlisted in 1953 into The Band of the Royal Horse Guards (The Blues) as a boy soldier and retired in 1977 as a senior Warrant Officer (Band Corporal Major) in the amalgamated Blues and Royals Band. During this period he held the position of Principal Euphonium for 21 years. Still retaining his Salvation Army connection he played with Chalk Farm 1955-61, Hendon Band 1961-77 where he held the position of Deputy Bandmaster for 7 years and the Enfield Citadel Band 1977-86 being Deputy Bandmaster for 8 years until his move to Dorset. He has featured as a Soloist on TV, Radio, Disc and Tape, and appearing in the Concert Halls all over the World, not only with Brass and Military Bands but with Symphony Orchestras including the London Symphony, Royal Philharmonic, Philarmonia and many others. In 1982 Peter was appointed Professor of Euphonium to the Royal Military School of Music Kneller Hall and to the London College of Music. In 1986 he transferred to Dorset to take Professor of Tuba and Euphonium at the Army Junior School of Music, Bovington. In September 1988 he was appointed Musical Director of the Woodfalls Band
SEPTEMBER 1988 CONTESTS *MAY 1992*
MONTH	YEAR	CONTEST	TEST-PIECE	ADJUDICATOR	PLACE
November	1988	Reading	James Cook	Roy Newsome	10^th
December	1988	Poole	Festival Music	Derek Broadbent	1^st
February	1989	Yeovil	Entertainment	Trevor Sharpe	10^th
March	1989	Southampton	Entertainment	Derek Greenwood	1^st
April	1989	Bristol Area	Prisms	James Scott	3^rd
June	1989	Swindon	Entertainment	Jon Hall	2^nd
November	1989	Reading	Triumphant Rhapsody	Bram Gay	11^th
December	1989	Poole	Triumphant Rhapsody	Peter Wilson	1^st
February	1990	Yeovil	Entertainment	James Scott	4^th
April	1990	Bristol Area	The Beacons	David Read	8^th
May	1990	St Peter’s Finger	Entertainment	Lyn Morgan	1^st
June	1990	Swindon	Entertainment	Roy Roe	1^st
December	1990	Poole	Year of the Dragon	Howard Snell	1^st
February	1991	Yeovil	Entertainment	John Berryman	??
April	1991	Bristol Area	Journey into Freedom	Dennis Masters	10^th
May	1991	St Peter’s Finger	Entertainment	Kenneth Dennison	1^st
June	1991	Swindon	Entertainment	Barry Thompson	3^rd
November	1991	Reading	Year of the Dragon	James Watson	4^th
December	1991	Poole	Tournament for Brass	Brian Buckley	^1st
February	1992	Yeovil	Entertainment	John Hudson	^7th
April	1992	Bristol Area	Frontier	James Scott	^6th