Last Updated: Thursday 13th October 2011 @ 10:36am
ROGER STEVENS - MUSICAL DIRECTOR
About our Musical Director - Roger Stevens (September 2011)
From an early age Roger has enjoyed playing a brass instrument. He was born into a Salvation Army family and learnt to play the Cornet at Fordingbridge in Hampshire where he lived until his early teens when he moved to Wellingborough. At that time he had the privilege of being taught by the late Stanley Boddington. He subsequently became the Young Peoples Band Leader for a number of years. In 1982 Roger moved to Leighton Buzzard where over a number of years he was the Young Peoples Band Leader, Deputy Bandmaster as well as being the band’s principal cornet player.
He then played for a short time with the West Mercia Constabulary Band sitting alongside his son, Craig Stevens. Following this he became the principal cornet of Moulton 77 band which he now conducts.
He currently plays on the solo cornet bench of Salvo Brass, a band made up of former and current Salvationists.
