Chris I’Anson (BMus Hons, LRSM, LTCL, LLCM, LLCM(TD), CTABRSM) was a freelance percussionist and percussion teacher in Scotland for a number of years before joining the Royal Air Force in 2003. He then spent 10 years as a percussionist in the Central Band of the RAF performing throughout the UK and around the world. In 2013, he was commissioned as a Director of Music in the RAF, a position he still holds today.