St. Louis Brass Band

The St. Louis Brass Band has an opening in the percussion section! Want to join these two talented musicians?! Email [email protected] for more information!

The St. Louis Brass Band has the following openings for the 2024-2025 season:
- Baritone
- Percussion
If interested in auditioning for and making amazing music with this fantastic ensemble, please email [email protected]. Thank you!

The St. Louis Brass Band has an opening in the baritone section for the 2024-2025 season. If interested in auditioning, please email [email protected]. Thank you!

Wishing you all a wonderful 4th of July from the St. Louis Brass Band. Today we remember the Second Continental Congress unanimously adopting the Declaration of Independence, announcing the colonies’ separation from Great Britain, allowing for the freedoms we are still blessed to have today. Have a safe and blessed holiday and may God Bless America!

The St. Louis Brass Band remembers and is grateful to those who paid the ultimate sacrifice by giving their lives for our freedom.

We are headed into the 9:00 Power Hour for Give STL! Your donations will assist us in our travel plans for next season which include trips to perform in both the US Masters in Kansas City, MO and NABBA in Ft. Wayne, IN. Thank you in advance for supporting your St. Louis Brass Band.

Support Saint Louis Brass Band on Give STL Day The Saint Louis Brass Band presents concerts and other performances throughout the Greater St. Louis area. It has performed at BallPark Village, at Cardinals and Blues games, at Tower Grove Park, and at the band shell in Edwardsville, IL. Formal concerts have been...

Tomorrow Is Give STL Day! Check out these times you can donate to help the St. Louis Brass Band earn more money to offset costs for our exciting upcoming season. Thank you in advance for your support!

Tomorrow is Give STL Day! We hope you will support the St. Louis Brass Band. Follow our page throughout the day tomorrow to find out how to financially support our exciting plans for next season. Thank you!

We hope you can make the 3:00 performance today but if you are not able to be in person, here is a livestream link!

Discovery Series: St. Louis Brass Band & Academy Brass Band

Join the St. Louis Brass Band, St. Louis Academy Brass Band and St. Louis Youth Brass today at 3:00 pm at the Hettenhausen Center for the Performing Arts on the campus of McKendree University in Lebanon, Illinois. The STLBB is proud to feature world-renowned tubist Patrick Sheridan! Tickets are available here https://mckendree.universitytickets.com/w/event.aspx?id=1926

DO NOT MISS IT!

It's TOMORROW! St. Louis Brass Band and St. Louis Academy Brass Band are coming on Sunday, April 28 at 3:00pm!! This is the last show of this season. Please come see us and enjoy some music!

Tickets are still available at thehett.com

Does your water bottle, instrument case, laptop, etc. need some
flair? We will be selling brass band stickers at the concert this Sunday! Individual logo stickers of St. Louis Brass Band, St. Louis Academy Brass Band, and St. Louis Youth Brass Band are only $3 and the sticker proudly displaying all of our three logos is $5.

The concert, with Mr. Patrick Sheridan - internationally renowned tuba player, is this Sunday, April 28 at 3:00 p.m. at the Hettenhausen Center for the Arts at McKendree University in Lebanon, IL. For more information and to purchase your ticket in advance: https://www.mckendree.edu/the_hett/index.php

You won't want to miss the St. Louis Brass Band, St. Louis Academy Brass Band, and St. Louis Youth Brass Band in concert with Mr. Patrick Sheridan, internationally renowned tuba player. This Sunday, April 28 at 3:00 p.m. at the Hettenhausen Center for the Arts at McKendree University in Lebanon, IL. For more information and to purchase your ticket in advance: https://www.mckendree.edu/the_hett/index.php

St. Louis Academy Brass Band and Youth Brass members - an email was sent this morning with the opportunity to preorder a t-shirt for your musician. The preorder will end Monday at noon; extra shirts will be on sale at the April 28 concert but we are not able to guarantee sizes without the preorder. Buy your favorite musicians some brass band swag!

The St. Louis Brass Band returned to competing at the NABBA Championships three years ago. We are honored to announce that we placed with our highest score since returning to competition - finishing in 5th place (out of 14 bands) with a score of 89.5.

We are extremely proud of the St. Louis Brass Band and excited about our future!

Watch the St. Louis Brass Band perform at the NABBA Championships this weekend! We will perform our test piece today in the playhouse and own choice piece tomorrow in the concert hall.

To maintain a fair competition as we use a blind adjudication process, we can't post our specific performance time, but you can catch all of the performances using the link below to tune in (and ask your favorite STLBB member for our specific performance times)! Cheers to a great weekend of brass banding!

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Your St Louis Brass Band is headed to the Nabba Championships! Stay tuned for photos and updates from our weekend of brass banding.

McKendree University, in partnership with the St. Louis Brass Band, invites you to join us for the following educational and musical events with Mr. Patrick Sheridan, internationally renowned tuba player and pedagogue:

Monday, April 22 – 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. – Brass Clinic
*open to any brass musician high school age through adult - all ages welcome and encouraged to attend; please bring your instrument

Tuesday, April 23 – 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. – Music Director Clinic

Both sessions will be held on the campus of McKendree University in the Hettenhausen Center for the Arts Band Room. There is no cost to attend but we ask that you use the Google form to register by Monday, April 15.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd-Hjrr2FwZoX6_duxqZPTO7BXXpmbgIJeNwteMi7VcEh80dw/viewform?usp=sf_link

Come join us on the McKendree campus for these terrific workshops!

So proud of the St. Louis Academy Brass Band under the direction of Mr. Bradley Eston and Mr. Ryan Goetter!

Welcome to the 2024 Gateway Brass Band Championships!

Held at Ritenour High School, participating bands include: Chicago Brass Band, Crossroads Brass Band, East Central University Brass Band, Fort Zumwalt South Brass Choir, Fountain City Brass Academy, Fountain City Brass Band, Free State Brass Band, Frontier Brass Band, Iowa Brass, SIUE Trumpet Studio, St. Louis Academy Brass Band, and the St. Louis Brass Band.

Performances start this morning at 8:30 a.m. with awards at 5:50 p.m. No times will be posted on social media as we use blind judging - ask your brass band member when they will be performing and join us for a great day of brass banding!

Getting ready for the Gateway Brass Band Championships tomorrow at Ritenour High School! Thanks to Brent Becker for designing the banner and to Dan Leonard (Handy Dan) for his gracious contribution towards our awards and the cost of the banner. We are looking forward to hosting this special day of brass banding - hope to see you all tomorrow!

Join us this Saturday, March 16 for the Gateway Brass Band Championships at Ritenour High School.

Participating bands include: Chicago Brass Band, Crossroads Brass Band, East Central University Brass Band, Fort Zumwalt South Brass Choir, Fountain City Brass Academy, Fountain City Brass Band, Free State Brass Band, Frontier Brass Band, Iowa Brass, SIUE Trumpet Studio, St. Louis Academy Brass Band, and the St. Louis Brass Band.

Performances start at 8:30 a.m. with awards at 5:50 p.m. No times will be posted on social media as we use blind judging - ask your brass band member when they will be performing and join us for a great day of brass banding!

We are adding a brass ensemble to the St. Louis Brass Band family. In addition to the STLBB and Academy Band, we are proud to announce the formation of the Saint Louis Youth Brass. This ensemble, which will play brass band repertoire (not just brass choir works), will be open to all brass musicians in grades 6 - 8. The Youth Brass will perform every season with us at two concerts: our Christmas concert and the end of season performance.
Mark your calendar for April 28 - the next time you can hear this group in concert at McKendree University with guest soloist Pat Sheridan, internationally renowned tuba player. More information on rehearsals etc. will be released soon.
Thanks to Brent Becker for making the Youth Brass logo!

Only one more day until our special announcement - Valentine's Day - the day of love! Stay tuned!

St. Louis Brass Band founding member, Dr. John Korak, will be retiring from SIUE this year. His wife, Jennifer Korak, is the St. Louis Brass Band flugelhorn player. We invite you to John's retirement concert on April 24 in the Dunham Hall Theatre on the campus of SIUE. For more information and to assist with a piece being commissioned in his honor:

Trumpet ensemble composition, organized by Jennifer Korak For John Korak's retirement, and in honor of his students from his years at Southern Illi… Jennifer Korak needs your support for Trumpet ensemble composition