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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.

 

UPCOMING EVENTS

  • U.S. Masters Brass Band Championships
    U.S. Masters Brass Band Championships
    U.S. Masters Brass Band Championships
    Sat, Nov 14
    James C. Olson Performing Arts Center
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  • Concert at St. James Lutheran Church Lake Forest with the Chicago Academy Brass Band
    Concert at St. James Lutheran Church Lake Forest with the Chicago Academy Brass Band
    Concert at St. James Lutheran Church Lake Forest with the Chicago Academy Brass Band
    Sat, Dec 19
    St. James Lutheran Church
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  • Gateway Brass Band Championships
    Gateway Brass Band Championships
    Gateway Brass Band Championships
    Sat, Mar 13
    Hettenhausen Center for the Arts
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  • North American Brass Band Championships
    North American Brass Band Championships
    North American Brass Band Championships
    Fri, Apr 09
    Fort Wayne, IN
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  • Wurst Brass Festival
    Wurst Brass Festival
    Wurst Brass Festival
    Fri, Jun 18
    Amana, IA
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The Chicago Brass Band acknowledges support from the Illinois Arts Council.

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