Brass Bands in North America

An extensive list of Brass Bands in the United States and Canada, with links where available. Mostly British or American (19th Century) style. Plus some global sites.

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  1. Advocate Brass Band (George Foreman), 330 S. Fourth St., Danville, KY Kentucky 40422
  2. Allegheny Brass Band. Pittsburgh PA Pennsylvania (412) 486-1888
  3. All-Star Brass and Percussion (Eric Aho), 25 East Mound St., Canal Winchester, OH Ohio 43110. Email.
  4. All Star Buglers (Mark O'Keeffe) 99 E. Glenolden Ave. #B308, Glenolden, PA Pennsylvania 19036. 610 522-2659. Email.
  5. Americus Brass Band, Long Beach, CA California
  6. Ameriikan Poijat (Boys of America) (Paul Niemisto) St.Olaf College, Northfield, MN Minnesota 55057 Email
  7. Athena Brass Band (Anita Cocker-Hunt) Montgomery Village MD Maryland 
  8. Atlantic Brass Band (Salvatore Scarpa) 11 Catawba Ave, Newfield, NJ New Jersey 08332. Email.
  9. Austin Brass Band. Austin TX Texas.
  10. Bainbridge Brass Band, Bainbridge College, Bainbridge, GA Georgia 31717
  11. Beck's Band (Bob Philbin) aka the 28th Pennsylvania Regiment Band, the Philadelphia Brigade Band, etc. Philadelphia PA 856 392-3705.
  12. Belle City Brassworks Brass Band. 1017 Virginia Street, Racine, WI Wisconsin 53405
  13. Bend in the River Brass (Danny Humphries, Faril Bunner) Castle High School, Newburgh IN
  14. Benfield Brass Band (George Payne) 420 West Greenwood Road. Linthicum Heights, MD Maryland 21090
  15. Billtown Brass (Rick Coulter) Williamsport PA Pennsylvania
  16. Bloomington Brass Band (Alan Olson) 401 S. Madison, Bloomington, IN Indiana 47403. Email.
  17. Brass Band Northwest (Judson Jay Scott) c/o First Presbyterian Church, 1717 Bellevue Way NE, Bellevue, WA Washington 98004
  18. Brass Band of Battle Creek 766 Kalamazoo, Marshall, MI Michigan 49068. 616 789-2222.
  19. Brass Band of Central Florida (Michael Garasi) Orlando FL Florida
  20. Brass Band of Central Illinois (Dr. Sharon Huff) Bloomington, IL 61701. 630 665-4213
  21. Brass Band of Columbus (Tim Jameson) 5989 Pondview Court, Hilliard OH Ohio 43026
  22. Brass Band of Huntsville. 4005 Belle Grove Dr. Huntsville, AL Alabama 35802. 256 650-0345, 256 682-1437. bbofh (at) bellsouth.net
  23. Brass Band of Minot (Dr. Shelley Smithwick) 105 2nd Avenue Street SE, Minot, ND North Dakota 58701 (701 839-1993) Email.
  24. Brass Band of the Piedmont. NC North Carolina
  25. Brass Band of the Tri-State (Chip Lewis) 2430 Lynnhaven Ct, Ashland KY Kentucky 41101
  26. Brass Band of the Western Reserve (Keith Wilkinson), Cleveland-Akron, OH Ohio
  27. Brass of the Potomac Washington DC
  28. Brassworks Centennial Band (Steve Call) 731 N. 1220 E, Provo, UT Utah 84606
  29. Brio Brass. Twin Cities, MN Minnesota
  30. Brushy Creek Brass Band, Round Rock TX Texas.
  31. Buffalo Silver Band (Pim Liebmann), 347 Brentwood Rd, Buffalo, NY New York 14226
  32. Camp Reynolds Regimental Brass Band, (Arlen Philpott) 39 Merwin Ave. Fairfax, CA California 94930. Email.
  33. Capital Brass! 48 Deerhaven Lane Rennssealer, NY 12144 (Albany, NY) 518-286-3148
  34. Capital City Brass Band (James R. Schoensee) 1949 Tamarisk, East Lansing, MI Michigan 48823
  35. Carter Mountain Brass Band (John Beyrent) NH New Hampshire. Email: cartermt (at) together.net
  36. Celebration Brass Band (Keith Miland) celebrationbrassband@gmail.com
  37. Centennial Brass Band (Jon Hall) Portland ME.
  38. Central Michigan University Brass Band (Dennis L. Horton) Mount Pleasant MI Michigan
  39. Central Ohio Brass Band (Jessica Sneeringer) 5894 Westbend Dr., Galloway, OH Ohio 43119, 614 937-8970
  40. Charleston Brass Band, Charleston, WV West Virginia
  41. Chesapeake Silver Cornet Brass Band (Richard Fischer) 44 Silverwood Blvd, Newark, DE Delaware 19711
  42. Chester Brass Band, PO Box 734, Chester, Nova Scotia B0J 1J0
  43. Chicago Brass Band (Colin Holman) PO Box 293, Glenview, IL Illinois 60025. (847) 577-9545. Email.
  44. Cincinnati Brass Band (Anita Cocker Hunt) 5593 Autumn Wynd Dr, Milford OH Ohio 45150
  45. Clack Valves and Cornets Steam Band, Diamondhead, MS Mississippi
  46. Classic Brass. (Adam Crowe) Willimantic CT Connecticut
  47. Clinch River Brass, (Lloyd Farrar) PO Box 637, Norris TN Tennessee 37828
  48. Colorado Brass Band, Gunnison, CO Colorado
  49. Commonwealth Brass Band (J. Jerome Amend), PO Box 3181, Louisville, KY Kentucky 40201
  50. Congress Street Brass Band (Nan Lacorte) 37 Acorn Lane, Cape May Court House, NJ New Jersey, 08210, (609) 463-0243.
  51. Danbury Brass Band (Alan Raph) Danbury, CT Connecticut
  52. Mr. Jack Daniel's Original Silver Cornet Band PO Box 12403, Atlanta, GA Georgia 30355. (404) 315-0709
  53. Derby City Brass Band (John Jones) 3918 Poplar Level Road, Louisville, KY Kentucky 40213. 502-499-7577. jrjone02 (at) bellsouth.net.
  54. Dodworth Saxhorn Band (Mike Deren) P.O. Box 130412, Ann Arbor, MI Michigan. (734) 663-9634
  55. Dominion Brass Band (Thomas E. Palmatier), Bldg 9, Fort Monroe, VA Virginia 2365
  56. Dublin Cornet Band (American-style) Dublin OH
  57. Dublin Silver Band (British-style) Tim Jameson, Dublin OH
  58. Eastern European Balkan Brass Band, Brooklyn, NY New York 917-497-7852
  59. Eastern Iowa Brass Band (Casey Thomas) PO Box #3, Mt Vernon IA 52314 Iowa
  60. East Woodstock Cornet Band, East Woodstock CT Connecticut
  61. Eighth Regiment Band of Rome, Georgia (John Carruth) PO Box 2593, Rome GA Georgia 30164. (706) 232-4567
  62. European Brass Band (Nick Timko) Endicott NY New York. ntimkojr (at) stny.rr.com
  63. Farragut Brass Band, PO Box 10633, Bainbridge WA Washington 98110
  64. Federal City Brass Band, (Jari Villanueva) 124 Maiden Choice Lane, Baltimore, MD Maryland 21228. (410) 744-7708
  65. Festive Brass of Myrtle Beach (Lawrence J. Beadle) 1611 Perry Circle, Myrtle Beach, SC South Carolina, 29577 (843) 238-3366.
  66. First Brigade Band, Heritage Hall, 504 S. 4th St., Watertown, WI Wisconsin 53094. (920) 262-1864
  67. Fountain City Brass Band (Dr. Joe Parisi) 5405 Harrison Street, Kansas City, MO Missouri 64110. 816 444-3632
  68. Fountain Creek Brass Band (Paul Curnow) 6632 Delmonico Drive, Colorado Springs, CO Colorado 80919 Email.
  69. Freedom Brass Band. 47 Dodge Avenue, Akron, OH 44302 (330) 535-7327
  70. Frontier Brigade Band (Terry Theiss) 4103 Lexington Parkway, Colleyville, TX Texas 76034. (817) 571-4393
  71. Georgia Brass Band (Joe Johnson, Christopher Priest) 458 Plasamour Drive, NE, Atlanta, GA Georgia 30324. (770) 978-3987.
  72. Georgia Youth Symphony Orchestra Brass Band (Dr. Tom Gibson) Kennesaw, GA Georgia
  73. Golden State British Brass Band (Jack Hollander) 2070 E. Cienega Ave. Covina, CA California 91274. (626) 339-2414 
  74. Gospel Brass Band (Dick Stockton) 822 Hanna Drive, Charleston, WV West Virginia 25312
  75. Gramercy Brass Orchestra, New York, NY New York
  76. Great Western Rocky Mountain Brass Band, Silverton CO Colorado
  77. Green Mountain Brass Band (formerly the Vermont Catamont Brass Band) PO Box 683, Stowe, VT Vermont 05672. (802) 253-2539
  78. Griffon Brass Band (David Martin) Montreal Quebec Canada. Email. daviv (at) vdn.ca
  79. Hannaford Street Silver Band, 42 Frater Avenue, Toronto, Ontario M4C 2H6
  80. Heartland Brass (Karen Weisman) San Diego CA California
  81. Henderson State University Brass Band, Arkadelphia, AR Arkansas 71999
  82. Heritage Brass Band of Dallas, Dallas TX Texas
  83. Hickman Brass (Felton Hickman) Reno NV Nevada (775) 475-2200.  felthick (at) outlawnv.com
  84. Highline Silver Cornet Band (Marc Horovitz) 6862 E. Center Ave. Denver CO  Colorado 80224
  85. Houston Brass Band (James McAdams) P.O.Box 981011, Houston, TX 77098-8011. (713) 302-7643.
  86. Humboldt Bay Brass Band, (Gilbert Cline) Dept of Music, Humboldt State Univ., Arcata, CA California 95521. Email: gdc1 (at) humboldt.edu
  87. Hungry March Band (TaraFire Ball) Brooklyn, NY New York
  88. Illinois Brass Band ( Stephen Squires) 619 Downing Rd, Libertyville, IL 60048-3708
  89. Imperial Brass Band (Patrick Burns) 103 Hawthorne Ave, Nutley NJ New Jersey 07110. Email
  90. Independent Silver Band (William Reynolds) 800 Magnolia Mt. Vernon, IL Illinois 62864. 618-242-1537 wmlreynolds <at> aol.com
  91. Intrada Brass (Bram Gregson) P.O. Box 41065, 4141 Dixie Road, Mississauga, Ontario L4W 4X9 . Email.
  92. James Madison University Brass Band (Kevin J. Stees) Harrisonburg, VA Virginia 22807
  93. James Madison University Honors Youth Brass Band
  94. Jericho Brass Band (Dan Bowles) Salvation Army Citadel Corps, 1019 N. Moore Rd., Chattanooga TN Tennessee. 423 855-0401.
  95. Joyous Brass, Sacramento CA California
  96. Kincardine Brass Band (Nancy Ross) Kincardine Ontario Canada. Email: naross (at) hurontel.on.ca
  97. Kissmah Brass Band, 505 598-0887, Farmington NM New Mexico
  98. Kirkland Lake Brass Band. 7 Kirkland Street in Kirkland Lake, Northeastern Ontario, Temiskaming District, Canada
  99. Lake Wobegon Brass Band (Charles Olson) 1156 Fifth Ave S, Anoka MN Minnesota 55303
  100. Lambertville Brass Lambertville NJ
  101. L.A. Metro Brass Band (Ivor Bosanko) Los Angeles CA California (310) 427-7394
  102. Lancaster British Brass Band (Rick Staherski) 2291 Bob White Lane, Lancaster, PA 17601. 717-569-3520
  103. Las Vegas Brass Band, contact Pete Cooper 2780 Duneville Street, Las Vegas NV Nevada 89146. 702 373-4476
  104. Lexington Brass Band (Ronald W Holz, Skip Gray), 520 North Lexington Ave, Wilmore, KY Kentucky 40390
  105. Little Mountain Brass Band, Vancouver, British Columbia (Jim Littleford). Email.
  106. Logan Guard, 46th PA Pennsylvania Regiment Band. Altoona, PA Pennsylvania. (Richard Long). 
  107. Madison Brass Band, Madison WI Wisconsin. (608) 221-0720
  108. Maple Leaf Brass Band (David Druce) 1473 Blohm Drive, Ottawa, Ontario K1G 4P5 Email.
  109. Massanutten Brass (Kevin Stees) Massanutten VA Virginia
  110. Metropolitan Silver Band (Ken Allen) 56 Queen Street East, Toronto, Ontario. M5C 2Z3 Canada. 416 757-8697.
  111. Mill Creek Colliery Band. Edmonton Alberta Canada. Email: info (at) millcreekbrass.ca
  112. Milwaukee Festival Brass (Dr. Patricia Backhaus), PO Box 13533, Milwaukee, WI Wisconsin 53213. (414) 778-0079
  113. Mission Hill Brass Band, St. Albert, Alberta. Canada.
  114. Mississippi River Brass Band. 45 Holiday Drive, Hannibal, MO Missouri 63401. (573) 221-6278
  115. Mississippi Swing! Brass Band (David Schommer) 1002 Longwood Place, Clinton, MS 39056. 601 951-9091.
  116. Motor City Brass Band (Craig Strain) Clarenceville High School, 20155 Middlebelt Rd. Livonia, MI Michigan 48152-2090. (248) 559-2095. 
  117. Mountain State Brass Band (Ronnie Ingle) 419 Oakdale Avenue, South Charleston, WV West Virginia 25303. 304 744-8772. Email.
  118. Natural State Brass Band (Rusty Morris) Little Rock, AR Arkansas. 501 765-1638.
  119. Nebraska Czech Brass Band
  120. New Amsterdam Brass Band, New York NY
  121. Newberry's Victorian Cornet Band (Michael O'Connor) 605 Rock Creek Ford Road, Gettysburg, PA Pennsylvania 17325
  122. New England Brass Band (Douglas Yeo) Boston MA Massachusetts Email.
  123. New Mexico Territorial Brass Band (Ralph Harris) 1216 Stutz Drive NE, Albuquerque, NM New Mexico 87112. 505 291-8276.
  124. North Carolina State University British Brass Band (Robert B. Petters), PO Box 7311, Price Music Center, Raleigh, NC North Carolina 27695
  125. Northern Michigan Brass Band. Gaylord, MI Michigan
  126. Northwinds Brass Band (Jim Potter) 1800 College Drive, Rice Lake, WI  54868
  127. Oakland Brass Band. 2303 Village Woods Dr, Grand Blanc MI 48439
  128. Ohio Valley British Brass Band (Ed Nickol), Dayton, OH Ohio. EdNickol (at) aol.com
  129. Old Arizona Brass Band - 4th Cavalry Regimental Band AZ Arizona
  130. Old Crown Brass Band (Steve Rhodes) Fort Wayne IN Indiana
  131. Olde Towne Brass (Bob Baccus) 2970 High Mountain Road, Huntsville, AL Alabama 35811 (256-534-4857)
  132. Old Pueblo Brass Band, 8060 22nd St #112, Tucson, AZ Arizona 85710
  133. Oregon Brass Society Eugene OR Oregon
  134. Orillia Silver Band, Ontario Canada
  135. Oshawa Civic Band (Mr. Bill Askew) 298 Park Road South  Oshawa, ON  Ontario L1J 4H5
  136. Ozark Mountains Brass Band, Rogers, AR Arkansas. Email.
  137. Pacific Brass Band. (Gonzalo 'Bert' Viales) 505-9 West St, Salinas, CA 93901. Watsonville, California.
  138. Penn View Brass Band (John Shaw) Philadelphia PA Pennsylvania
  139. 28th Pennsylvania Regimental Brass Band Philadelphia PA
  140. Perseverance Brass Band (Kid Dutch) P.O. Box 848 Goldenrod, FL Florida 32733 USA
  141. Petersham Brass Band (Bob Laford), Petersham MA Massachusetts USA. Email.
  142. Philadelphia German Brass Band (Pete Palan) 1353 Fitzwatertown Road, Roslyn PA 19001. 215 657-1838.
  143. Plumbing Factory Brass Band (Dr. Henry Meredith) 15088 Medway Road, R.R. #1, Arva, Ontario, Canada N0M 1C0. Email.
  144. Prairie Brass Band (Dallas Niermeyer) 703 W. Rockwell, Arlington Hts, IL Illinois, 60003. Email.
  145. Princeton Brass Band (Dr. Stephen Arthur Allen) Princeton Church of Christ, 33 River Road, Princeton, NJ New Jersey 08540. (609) 895 5504. Email: sallen (at) rider.edu.
  146. Pulaski Brass Band. Webster, MA Massachusetts
  147. PugetBrass. (Don Cornelius) 7501 NE 141st Street, Redmond, WA Washington 98052. 425.883.4053
  148. Purchase College Brass Band (Graham Ashton) NY New York
  149. Queen City Brass Band (Dr. John R. Harding) 11031 Middle Acres Road, Charlotte, NC North Carolina 28213. (704) 596-6790. QCCB (at) mindspring.com
  150. Queen City Brass Band (Dennis Weist) 120 Orchard Crescent, Regina, Saskatchawan S4S 5B6 Canada
  151. Regimental Volunteer Band of Wisconsin, S.52 W.34133 Moraine Hills Drive, Dousman, WI Wisconsin 53118 . Email.
  152. Renaissance Brass Band (William Fedor) 19757 North Mountain Saga, Surprise, AZ Arizona 85374
  153. River City Brass Band (Denis Colwell), P.O. Box 6436, Pittsburgh, PA Pennsylvania 15212 (412) 322-7222
  154. Rockville Brass Band (David Horne) Rockville, MD Maryland
  155. Rocky Mountain Brassworks c/o Broomfield Council on the Arts and Humanities, PO Box 681, Broomfield, CO Colorado 80038-0681. 303 460-6800.
  156. Rohrersville Cornet Band, Washington County MD Maryland
  157. Roman Festival Brass, PO Box 1071, Rome, GA Georgia 30120. (706) 235-7231. Email.
  158. Rupertsland Brass Band (Graham Bruce) 175 Woodlawn Ave. Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R2M 2P7.  204 253-0894 Email: gbruce (at) pembinatrails.ca
  159. St Johns River City Brass Band 8159 Arlington Expressway, Suite 28 Jacksonville, FL 32211. 904 355-4700
  160. Saint Louis Brass Band (Dr. Colin Holman) 348 Mason Ridge Drive, St. Charles, MO Missouri 63304. (314) 995-4955. Email.
  161. Salem County Brass Society, (Charles H. Musser) Carneys Point NJ New Jersey (609) 299-6239
  162. Salt River Brass Band, 2517 N 7th St, Phoenix AZ Arizona 85006
  163. Salvation Army Bands (The Brass Crest)
  164. Saskatoon Brass Band, 567 Adilman Dr, Saskatoon S7K 6E8
  165. Saxton Cornet Band (Bill Gay), 107 Lafayette Dr., Frankfort, KY Kentucky 40601
  166. Scioto Valley Brass and Percussion (Carol M. Hayward) 2700 E Dublin-Granville Rd, Columbus, OH Ohio 43231
  167. Screamers & Lyric Brass Band (inactive, Tom Myers), 4716 Warm Hearth Circle, Fairfax VA Virginia 22033, 703 968-4414. Email: htamyers (at) netscape.net
  168. Sheldon Theater Brass Band (James Kurschner), 948 Burton St, Red Wing, MN Minnesota 55066
  169. ShowMe Brass. PO Box 7043, Columbia MO Missouri 65205.
  170. Silicon Valley Brass Band (Steve Barnhill) Santa Clara CA
  171. Silverton Brass Band. Silverton CO Colorado
  172. Smoky Mountain Brass Band (Ken Kroesche) PO Box 1467 Lake Junaluska, NC North Carolina 28786. Email.
  173. Southerners British Brass Band (Jerome Edwards) 650 15th St, NW Naples FL Florida 34120-1912 (941) 352-7171. Email.
  174. Southern Stars Symphonic Brass (Dwight Wages) 361 Rotherham Dr, Crossville TN Tennessee 38558. 931 484-6939.
  175. South Shore Brass Band, 533 Park Ave., Chesterton, IN Indiana 46304. (219) 926-3144
  176. Southwestern Michigan College Brass Band, 58900 Cherry Grove Rd, Dowagiac, MI Michigan 49047
  177. Spires Brass Band (John Slezak) 6812 Falstone Dr., Frederick, MD Maryland 21702
  178. Spokane British Brass Band (Michael Warner), 23510 North Hatch Rd, Colbert WA Washington 99005
  179. Stirling Citizens Band (William H Bell) 326 Gallivan Road, Stirling, Ontario Canada K0K3E0. 613-391-4679.
  180. Steeltown Silver Band, Sault Ste Marie, Ontario, Canada. Email
  181. Sunshine Brass Band (James Cheyne), 10905 Brittany Lane, Tampa, FL Florida 33612. (813) 949-6358. Email.
  182. Syracuse University Brass Ensemble (Dr. James T. Spencer) Syracuse, NY New York (315) 443-3436
  183. Tallahassee Brass (Michael Phillips) 2105 West Randolph Circle Tallahassee, Florida 32308 850 210-5732.
  184. Territorial Brass Band of Arizona (19th Century) AZ Arizona Email
  185. Thirty-third Illinois Volunteer Regiment Band, Bloomington IL Illinois
  186. Triangle Brass Band (Tony Granados), PO Box 14344, Research Triangle, NC North Carolina 27709
  187. Triangle Youth Brass Band (Tony Granados) NC North Carolina
  188. Tule British Brass Band (formerly the Visalia Community British Brass Band) Visalia CA California 
  189. Twenty-sixth North Carolina Regimental Band (Jari Villanueva) 124 Maiden Choice Lane Baltimore MD, 21228. 410 744-7708
  190. Utah Premiere Brass 8144 Oak Creek Drive, Sandy, UT Utah 84093
  191. Ventura British Brass (Gary Engels) Oxnard CA 93035 California
  192. Wenatchee Brass Band (Glenn Kelly) PO Box 903, Wenatchee, WA Washington 98807. Email
  193. Western Michigan Brass Band (John Aren) Grand Rapids, MI Michigan
  194. Western Missouri British Brass Band (Gary Love) MO Missouri 816 224-0613. Email.
  195. Western State College Brass Band (John Kincaid), Gunnison, CO Colorado
  196. Weston Silver Band (Larry Shields), PO Box 79621, 1995 Weston Rd, Weston, ON M9N 3W9. Email.
  197. Westwinds Brass Band (Phil Anthony) 5423 15th St, Lubbock TX Texas 79416
  198. Whitby Brass Band. PO Box 203, Whitby Main Station, Whitby, Ontario, Canada. L1N 5S1.
  199. Wildcat Regiment Band, 167 Rt. 85, Home, PA Pennsylvania 15747. Email.
  200. Winona Brass Band (Richard Lindner) PO Box 3, Winona, MN Minnesota 55987. Email.
  201. Yankee Brass Band (Paul Maybery), White River Junction, VT Vermont. Email.
  202. Zenith Brass Ensemble. Troy, MI Michigan.

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