The Salvation Army is well known for having its reputation for producing exceptional musicians, Edward Gregson being one of them. His parents were Ministers in the Salvation Army, this resolted in travelling and not living in one place. At an early age only nine years, he started playing the tenor horn in a brass band. That and the piano which he started around the same time, ignited his passion for music. He completed his secondary education at Manchester Central Grammar School and later studied at the Royal Academy of Music in London. He first played the tenor horn then moved down to the Euphonium and was promoted to Principal Euphonium in the Tottenham Citadel band during the first year of his studies. At the age of sixteen he made an