The Chicago Brass Band (CBB) is a thirty-piece brass and percussion ensemble that performs concerts throughout the year in the Chicago Metropolitan Area in addition to participating in festivals and competitions throughout the world. Composed of cornets, flugel and tenor horns, baritones, euphoniums, trombones, tubas and percussion, the Band's repertoire includes classical transcriptions, popular music, jazz, traditional, show tunes, marches and original works for brass band.

CBB recently won first place in the 2025 U.S. Open Brass Band Championships. The group has toured England, the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and most recently, New Zealand in the summer of 2019. The Band has thrice been featured at the Great American Brass Band Festival in Danville, Kentucky and has been joined in concert by featured soloists from the Chicago Symphony Orchestra including Gene Pokorny, Chris Martin, Charles Vernon, and John Hagstrom.

The Chicago Brass Band preserves and advances the tradition of British-style brass banding through world-class performances, competitive excellence, artistic innovation, and exceptional musicianship. Rooted in Chicago’s rich brass tradition, CBB brings outstanding brass band music to audiences locally, nationally, and internationally; provides musicians opportunities for artistic growth and collaboration with leading musical artists; and presents new repertoire from established and emerging composers. CBB invests in the future of brass banding through accessible youth education, school outreach, and a youth band that develops the next generation of brass band musicians.