Welcome to the Washington Symphonic Brass official website. Please look for us this year in many places around town, including Virginia and Annapolis. Go to our Upcoming Performances page for details.

Our new CD, "The Edge" is avaliable now thanks to the generosity of some of our most enthusiastic supporters. Recorded in the summer of 2008, this CD has so much "Cutting Edge" playing on it you'll be amazed. Click here to order. Thanks to all who played a part in this great recording!

Please consider making a donation to the WSB. We are a fully incorporated non-profit, 501(c)(3) organization and we rely heavily on your support. Thanks!

Make sure to listen to some sound clips or go to meet the performers.

You can also browse a sample of the ensemble's repertoire and look at booking and contact information or read reviews of our recordings.

Other things you can do here:

You can view photos our recording sessions for our CD "Dances with Brass!"

You can read about and view photos of our performance for Pope Benedict XVI's visit to D.C. in 2008.

You may also purchase one of our CDs.

Thanks for visiting and please let us know if you have any questions!

Background

The Washington Symphonic Brass is comprised of some of the finest professional musicians in the Washington/Baltimore area. While the members are in constant demand for orchestral, solo, and chamber music performances, they have assembled to play some of the great literature written for large brass ensemble. Conductor Milt Stevens and Trumpeter Phil Snedecor formed this group of players out of their love of and excitement about this fine literature. Individually, the members of the WSB have performed with many of the nation's best orchestras, such as The National Symphony, The Baltimore Symphony, and The Philadelphia Orchestra, among other illustrious institutions. The WSB performs throughout the Washington and Baltimore metropolitan area, appearing at some of the great performance spaces on the east coast. Specializing in compositions written for large brass ensemble and percussion (four trumpets, four horns, four trombones, euphonium, tuba, timpani, and percussion instruments) with organs, choruses, and other instruments optional, the varied repertoire of the Washington Symphonic Brass covers five centuries.

Incorporated in the State of Maryland, the Washington Symphonic Brass is a not-for-profit 501c(3) corporation. Our IRS form 990 and our Schedule A is avaliable upon request. We are sponsored, in part, by the Maryland State Arts Council and the Cultural Arts Foundation of Anne Arundel County. In addition to these organizations, we are supported by individual and corporate donors.

In Memoriam

Milton Stevens 1942-2007

Milt Stevens was the Music director, conductor and co-founder
of the Washington Symphonic Brass. Along with Phil Snedecor, Milt
conceived, guided, and built The Washington Symphonic Brass into a premier
ensemble. He gave enthusiastically, willingly, and unselfishly toward the
development and furtherance of this ensemble. Milt leaves behind an
academic and musical legacy. He will be greatly missed by his family,
friends and colleagues.

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