Past Events
October 2018
Brass Extravaganza
December 2018
National Anthem Performance
December 11 – 7:00 p.m. – National Anthem Performance – St. Louis Blues Game
Find out more »Christmas Concert with the New Horizons Band
December 16 – Christmas Concert with the New Horizons Band
2:00 p.m. – Knights of Columbus Hall – 1713 Stamper Hall – Godfrey, IL 62035
Find out more »Holiday Spectacular with the St. Louis Youth Brass Band
December 17 – Holiday Spectacular with the St. Louis Youth Brass Band
6:00 p.m. – Florissant Civic Center
Click here to purchase tickets: https://florissantmo.thundertix.com/orders/new?performance_id=2209847
Find out more »February 2019
Concert with the SIUE Wind Symphony and Concert Band
February 27 – Concert with the SIUE Wind Symphony and Concert Band
7:30 p.m. – Dunham Hall
Find out more »March 2019
April 2019
20th Anniversary Concert
April 28 – 20th Anniversary Concert – with the St. Louis Youth Brass Band and members of the past S.t Louis Brass Bands – 4:00 p.m.
Bonhomme Presbyterian Church
14820 Conway Rd, Chesterfield, MO 63017
Find out more »September 2019
October 2019
November 2019
The Inaugural Gateway British Brass Band Festival
REGISTER HERE
Two Sections:
Championship
Open/Youth
Workshops and clinics
Acoustically excellent venue
Convenient hotels and restaurants
For further information:
Jennifer Moder-Bell, President
St. Louis Brass Band
stlouisbrassband@gmail.com
www.STLBB.org
The Gateway British Brass Band Festival will be a multi-faceted BRASS EXTRAVAGANZA and include brass clinics/workshops on Friday evening concluding with a performance by the St. Louis Brass Band featuring JD Shaw.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Friday, November 1, 2019
5:00 pm St. Louis Brass Band open rehearsal with J.D. Shaw/Tony Granados
6:30 pm Masterclass/clinics – J.D. Shaw, Dr. Sharon Hass, Dr. Kenneth Kroesche, et al.
NABBA New Adjudication System Clinic – Tony Granados, NABBA President
This session is for attending Music Directors or others wanting more information on the new system.
8:00 pm St. Louis Brass Band, Dr. John Bell, Music Director
J.D. Shaw, French horn and Tony Granados, guest conductor
Mr. Shaw’s appearance is courtesy of Conn-Selmer.
Saturday, November 2, 2019
Open/Educational Section Clinic
9:00 am Ft. Zumwalt South Brass 9:30 – 10:10
Short Break
10:45 am St. Louis Youth Brass Band 11:00 – 11:40
11:40 am Lunch Break
Championship Section
12:45 pm Band A
1:30 pm Band B
2:15 pm Band C
3:00 pm Band D
3:45 pm Band E
4:45 pm Awards
6:00 pm Dinner
Band Adjudicators
Dr. Sharon Huff
Dr. Kenneth Kroesche
Professor J.D. Shaw
Section Adjudicators
Dr. Jennifer Moder-Bell
Friday Evening
Workshops and clinics with noted brass pedagogs
Performance by the St. Louis Brass Band featuring JD Shaw.
Open Section – November 2 (morning)
The Open Section is designed to cast a wide net to serve as many ensembles as possible. Judging will be in the open. Participating bands will be competitive or non-competitive (band’s choice) and there will be two subsections for competing bands: Youth and Adult. Two noted educator/conductors will serve as judges/commentators. Section awards will also be chosen. Literature is Own Choice but must be a minimum of 16 minutes for those bands who have chosen to compete. Instrumentation is open to any brass instrument for the Youth subsection (high school or younger). Competing adult bands (high school graduates or older) must have traditional brass band instrumentation. Timing of the performance will be from downbeat to cut off of each piece performed. A 30 minute stage time will be allotted each band. Each band performing in the Open Section will receive a 40 minute clinic following their performance from rotating clinicians. Each judge will record real time audio files.
Championship Section – November 2 (afternoon)
Judging will be three adjudicators in the balcony of the auditorium behind a screen in secret as at NABBA. A fourth judge will adjudicate section awards in the open in the lower bowl of the auditorium. No communication will be allowed between judges. Literature is Own Choice but must be a minimum of 20 minutes. Timing of the performance will be from the 1st note of music to cut off of each piece performed. A 35 minute stage time is allotted each band with timing to begin when the 1st player steps on the performance area of the stage. Timing ceases when the last brass member exits the stage. Bands must have traditional brass band instrumentation. Each judge will record real time audio files. Awards will be directly following the close of the Championship Section competition by 5 pm.
Participation fee: $400
Venue – Performing Arts Center at Ritenour High School.
Festival Hotel Information
Crowne Plaza St. Louis Airport (first choice…post contest event held here)
11228 Lone Eagle Drive St. Louis, MO 63044
50 Doubles Rooms blocked
$109 Rate
Complimentary Parking for Cars/Vans
$25 Bus Parking
Complimentary Guestroom Internet
Marriott St. Louis Airport
10700 Pear Tree Lane St. Louis, MO 63134
25 Doubles Rooms blocked
$119 Rate
Complimentary Parking for Cars/Vans
$25 Bus Parking
Complimentary Guestroom Internet
Melissa Schaefer will be our contact for Crowne Plaza and Beth Caldwell will be our contact for Marriott.
Contact Melissa or Beth to book rooms and set up payment.
Melissa Schaefer – 314-209-6009
Beth Caldwell – 314-253-5136
Room blocks are guaranteed until October 2nd, after when they will be released to the general public.
Find out more »December 2019
March 2020
Performance
April 2020
Performance With The St. Louis Youth Brass Band
April 26 – Performance with the St. Louis Youth Brass Band – Union Methodist Church, Belleville, IL – 2:30 p.m.
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