New Orleans music ushered in the 20th century with the wail of a joyful noise: collective improvisation, syncopated rhythms, eclectic stylings, and an infectious joie de vivre that was exhilarating.

“You could have the best rock and roll band playing on stage, and a brass band would come and turn the whole house out. Something about that energy that a brass band brings: we got music for your mind ...

When QuintEssentially Brass was founded in 2009, its members ranged in age from their 20s to 50s. Now that they are in their ...

March is Music In Our Schools Month, an annual celebration created by the National Association for Music Education. But for one "Big Red One" Soldier, it is also an opportunity to bring his passion ...

The Magnolia City Brass Band. Since its origins in Great Britain in the mid nineteenth century, the British style brass band has become a popular ensemble around the world. The Magnolia City Brass ...

Old friends, audience members and random musicians often flow on and off The Big Ass Brass Band’s stage, sometimes even mid-song. But that’s all part of the fun for the Dallas-based brass band.

Shakur Brooks has a bass line looping in his head. The eighth-grade trombonist sits on a metal chair in the band room of the Booker T. Washington Middle School for the Arts in West Baltimore, punching ...

Brass instruments are always in orchestras. French horns, trumpets, trombones, euphoniums, tubas. It’s hard to miss what they ...

One of the most recognizable and respected names in the storied history of New Orleans brass band music is “Onward.” Founded “some time before 1877” according to one source, the Onward Brass Band ...