Directors

Blowzone – Peter Jones

Peter Jones started his musical career aged 12 in Hartlepool, on the North East coast of England. By the time he was 14, he was playing with the Town Youth Brass Band and wind-band. The brass band had several tours in Europe and progressed to the National Youth Brass band finals at the Royal Albert Hall. Peter also played with the Northern junior wind- band.
In 1974 he joined the Army as a junior musician and in 1975 joined the Blues and Royals (Royal Horse Guards), with whom he performed on many Royal Parades including the Trooping of the Colour and the wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer.

During his army service he performed in all of the major concert halls in London and several times on ‘Friday night is Music night’, once as a featured performer. While he was attending the Royal military School of Music, he was fortunate to have been taught tuba by Patrick Harold, the then principal tuba player of the RPO and now with the LSO. At the end of his course, Peter appeared at the Albert Hall in a televised duet supported by the Phillip Jones Brass ensemble - a real highlight of his career.
Peter has conducted several groups over the years and formed the Devon County Youth Brass Band. He is a full time teacher and trainer of bands including the Stannary Brass Band , Ivybridge school wind band and also works as the brass coach for Devon Sinfonietta. He currently plays tuba for the Plymouth Symphony Orchestra and the Devon Brass Ensemble.

"I am delighted to be the new Musical Director of Blowzone. I hope to continue to build on all the good work that Steve Smith has done. Blowzone always welcomes new players of all ages and standards. We particularly would like more brass players at this time." Peter Jones

Blowzone Section Leaders

Each section of the band has a 'leader' who is responsible for supplying practice music to members.

The leaders are as follows:

FLUTE / OBOE - Sue
CLARINET - Melvyn
SAXOPHONE - Kim
BRASS -

Flute Cocktail – Sarah Hunt

Sarah is leader of Blowzone, playing clarinet and keeping everyone organised as Secretary of the Committee.
She also plays flute, piccolo and soprano saxophone and is an accomplished pianist.

She has been the Musical Director of Flute Cocktail since 2008 and has arranged music to add to the group's repertoire.

Clarinet Caboodle - Dave Lambert

Dave Lambert served in the Royal Marines Band Service for twenty-eight years during which he held the post of principle clarinet in all the major staff bands including the Royal Yacht Britannia. He has made numerous television and radio broadcasts and studio recordings. Since leaving the service he has been a freelance player for groups as diverse as the South West Symphonia, The Dave Hankin Big Band and in the orchestra for shows at the Theatre Royal.