The Buffalo Silver Band is one of a small but growing number of true British Brass Bands in the US . Though the genre is steeped in a long and rich history in the United Kingdom , Brass Bands in the US had declined steadily since Sousa and saw near extinction in the decades before the 1980's.
The recent revival of the British Brass Band movement in the US is strong and making more progress yearly. The North American Brass Band Association (NAABA) tracks upwards of 30 amateur Brass Bands in the US and Canada and hosts a yearly competition of the bands.
Brass Band instrumentation differs from other Bands; on the top voices are a variety of cornet parts ( including solo, repiano and flugelhorn parts), alto horns (not French Horns) cover the next highest voice, the tenor voice is covered by baritone horns, euphoniums and trombones, two different keyed tubas (Eb and BBb) cover the bass voice, and an optional percussion section completes the instrumentation. |
