CENTENARY BAND CONCERT
27th October 2007 |
The Royal Army Medical Corps Band
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The Royal Army Medical Corps Band
(Volunteers) was formed in 1984 following the
disbandment of the regular Royal Army Medical
Corps Staff Band.
Recruiting for the new band took place at the
Duke of York’s Headquarters in London. It proved
a popular place to recruit as it quickly came up
to strength with 32 musicians of the correct
instrumentation.
The Band is part of the 2nd Medical Brigade
and is now based with the RAMC Regimental
Headquarters at Camberley. There are 36
musicians comprising of ex regular army
musicians, police officers, teachers, company
directors and many other professions. Currently
the Band performs at 95 military engagements a
year and has taken on many of the commitments
previously undertaken by the regular RAMC Staff
Band.
All the musicians serve on Territorial Army
engagements and have fulltime civilian jobs,
some travel long distances, juggling timetables
and arranging babysitters in order to attend
practice nights and the engagements the band
undertake.
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Warrant Officer Class 1 (Bandmaster) Robert Ghigi RAMC (V)
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Enlisted as a musician into the Band of the
Royal Army Ordnance Corps in October 1977. In
1994 following the amalgamation of the RAOC into
the Royal Logistic Corps he left the Regular
Army.
He joined the Royal Army Medical Corps
(Volunteers) Band in 1995 and quickly climbed to
the rank of Band Sergeant Major in 2001 playing
Principal Clarinet.
In February 2007 he was promoted to WO1
Bandmaster which involves rehearsing the band to
ensure the continuous high standards required by
the Army Medical Services.
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Click Hereto view the concert programme and
here to read the Aldershot News Article 2nd November 2007 |
