Peter Gane composer

Peter is founder and former president of the British Trombone Association and has a long-standing association with the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain and the European Union Community Youth Orchestra.

A former member of the London Symphony Orchestra and professor at the Guildhall School since 1971, Peter was later elected a Fellow of the School and was appointed Head of Wind Brass and Percussion from 1988 – 2008.

He was presented with the Neill Humfield award for excellence in trombone teaching by the International Trombone Association in 1996 and the British Trombone Society's outstanding contribution award in 2013. Peter continues to be a member of the Guildhall brass faculty and is Artistic Adviser to the Combret Music Festival in Aveyron, France.