River City Brass Band

River City Brass Band
Background information
Also known asRiver City Brass, RCB
OriginPittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
GenresBrass band, big band
Years active1981–present
MembersGeneral Director
James Gourlay


Operations Director
Cynthia Geib
Director of Administration
Philip Parr


Marketing & Communications Manager
Cassandra Muhr
Websitewww.rivercitybrass.org

The River City Brass Band (River City Brass, RCB) is a modified British-style brass band based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 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 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.

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, and, by the mid-1990s, was known as "one of America's premier brass ensembles."

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