River City Brass Band | |
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| Background information | |
| Also known as | River City Brass, RCB |
| Origin | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States |
| Genres | Brass band, big band |
| Years active | 1981–present |
| Members | General Director James Gourlay
Marketing & Communications Manager Cassandra Muhr |
| Website | www |
The River City Brass Band (River City Brass, RCB) is a modified British-style brass band based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.[1] The twenty-eight-piece ensemble tours extensively throughout the United States and performs more than thirty-five concerts each year as part of its community concert series in Western Pennsylvania.
It received a standing ovation from a crowd of one thousand[2] after making its public debut at the Carnegie Music Hall in Pittsburgh's Oakland neighborhood on Saturday evening, November 21, 1981 during Pittsburgh's British Festival.[3][4]
Within six years of its founding, this ensemble had "gained a national reputation as one of America's most popular touring attractions," according to the Elmira Star-Gazette,[5] and, by the mid-1990s, was known as "one of America's premier brass ensembles."[6]
- ^ Apone, Carl. "Classy Brass Band a Big Score for City." Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: The Pittsburgh Press, September 6, 1981, p. 2 (subscription required).
- ^ Apone, Carl. "Brass Band's Bow: Bold and—Brassy." Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: The Pittsburgh Press, November 23, 1981, p. 11 (subscription required).
- ^ Apone, Carl. "Strike Up the Brass Band!" Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: The Pittsburgh Press, November 19, 1981, p. 53 (subscription required).
- ^ Apone, "Classy Brass Band a Big Score for City," The Pittsburgh Press, September 6, 1981.
- ^ Gallagher, Pg. "Brass to resound in Elmira July 3." Elmira, New York: Star-Gazette, May 16, 1987, p. 6 (subscription required).
- ^ "Brass in the Afternoon." Buffalo, New York: The Buffalo News, August 26, 1994, p. 51 (subscription required).