Saint Louis Brass Band

A nonprofit organization

$954 raised by 13 donors

19% complete

$5,000 Goal

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 performed at Christ Church Cathedral, the Sheldon Concert Hall, Kirkwood Performing Arts Center, Webster University, McKendree and Greenville Universities in Illinois, and churches throughout Missouri and Illinois. The Saint Louis Brass Band was a featured performing group at the Missouri Music Educators Conference at Tan-Tar-a. Joint concerts have also been performed with the New Horizons Band of Godfrey, Illinois, as well as numerous high school bands in Missouri.

The formation of the Saint Louis Academy Brass Band and the Academy Youth Brass has been instrumental in bringing the outstanding musicians and educators in the adult band together with the younger musicians throughout the Missouri/Illinois region. Bringing these brass and percussion students together to form their own brass ensembles, while inspired by hearing and performing with the adult band, introduces the worldwide phenomenon that is brass banding to another generation in the Greater St. Louis area.

World-renowned Brass Artists Jens Lindeman, Patrick Sheridan, and Soprano Christine Brewer have shared the stage with the Saint Louis Brass Band. Members of the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra Karin Blisnik and Gerry Pagano has also been featured guest artists. 

In the past nine years the St. Louis Brass Band has also participated in the arena of competitive brass bands, earning recognition across the nation for its excellence and bringing renewed attention to the musical excellence found in the St. Louis region. In addition to regional events, the Band  traveled to Huntsville AL for three years to compete in the North American Brass Band Association National Championships. In November 2024 the STLBB won third place honors at the US Masters Competition in Kansas City. April 2025 found the band in Ft. Wayne IN where they won second place in second section competition at NABBA.

In 2025 the STLBB hosted the fifth annual Gateway Brass Band Competition, bringing nationally ranked brass bands to St. Louis. This competition is now a regional championship for the North American Brass Band Association (NABBA).

Mission

The Saint Louis Brass Band is a group of professional musicians whose mission is to spread the repertoire of the traditional British Brass Band through many high quality performances throughout the Greater St. Louis Metropolitan area. Through its Educational Outreach Program and the Saint Louis Academy Brass Band, the mission extends to reaching into the high schools and colleges through the area to bring these outstanding adult musicians to our students through workshops, clinics and concerts.

Organization Data

Summary

Organization name

Saint Louis Brass Band

Tax id (EIN)

43-1820825

Mission/Purpose

Arts & Culture, Arts & Culture - Music, Education, Education - K-12, Education - Higher Ed

Operating Budget

Mini: $0-$50,000

Service Area

Bond County, Washington County, Warren County, St Louis County, St Louis City, St Clair County, St Charles County, Monroe County, Madison County, Lincoln County, Jersey County, Jefferson County, Franklin County, Clinton County, Calhoun County

Audiences Served

General Public, Teens, Children, Youth, Families, Men, Women, Veterans, Older Adults, Military, LGBTQIA+, Immigrants, Refugees, Foreign-Born Populations, People with Disabilities

Address

3948 Walnut Ridge Court
Imperial, MO 63052