Nigel Boddice

[3] He completed his university education at the Royal Academy of Music (RAM), studying with Alexander Gibson and Jerzy Maksymuick.

He was a founding member and conductor of the Salon Orchestra, an offshoot from the BBCSSO to let players perform fun pieces with less stress involved.

[11][12][13] Boddice worked at the RSAMD (now Royal Conservatoire of Scotland) in Glasgow as a brass lecturer, trumpet teacher and later conductor of their Wind orchestra.

[17] In terms of other educational institutions, Boddice also worked with the University of Salford and Royal Northern College of Music as an external examiner, and with the National Youth Orchestras of Scotland as a brass tutor.

In 1986 they won a Gold Award at the Sydney International Music Festival and were named the BBC Radio 2 Brass Band of the Year in 1988.

[27] Boddice worked as the Chief Conductor of the Royal Norwegian Navy Band (KNMM) for seven years,[16] recording performances of various pieces.

[28] During his time in Scandinavia, he conducted three bands (YBS, Manger and Silkeborg) and collaborated with musicians such as Ole Edvard Antonsen, Christian Linberg, Michaela Petri and Solveig Kringlebotn.

The WSSO is an organisation dedicated to giving children the opportunity to play their instruments in an orchestral setting, with concerts scheduled for their yearly residential courses.

[35] He had three children[12] including Holly Boddice, a trumpeter who studied at the RCS and now plays as part of the Brass Trio "Granny Green".