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during the 10th Annual Gettysburg Civil War Music Muster, August 2004
and appearance of a regular U.S. Army regimental brass band of the 1860s. With the exception of some
reproduction rope-tension drums, all of the instruments used by The Federal City Brass Band are originals
dating to the mid 19th century, and come from the collections of band members and from the Mark A. Elrod
Collection. The sources of the music the band plays include original band journals and sheet music of the
Civil War era.
re-enactors, and collectively represent some of the finest brass and percussion players in the Civil War
music field today. The band is based in Baltimore, Maryland, but some members travel from as far away as
parts of New York State, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania for rehearsals and performances. For more
information on individual band members, see the Band Member Bios page.
Brass Band performed at Antietam,
Fredericksburg, Baltimore, and in the 2002
Remembrance Day parade in Gettysburg. The
band also gave an evening concert in the Coolidge
Auditorium at the Library of Congress during the
2002 Civil War Symposium there.
Library of Congress, November 2002.
anniversary celebration of JEB Stuart’s visit to Rockville, MD, the 9th annual Civil War Music Muster at
Gettysburg, and the 2003 Sharpsburg Heritage Festival.
The Federal City Brass Band was one of 14 selected Civil War bands from across the country that
participated in the National Civil War Band Festival in Campbellsville, KY in July 2003, with Dr. Frederick
Fennell as guest conductor.
Other 2003 performances included an evening serenade in the gardens of the Custis-Lee Mansion in
Arlington National Cemetery, a Civil War dance demonstration at Ft. C. F. Smith in Arlington, and the 2003
Remembrance Day parade and afternoon concert in Gettysburg.
performed for the Maryland and the Civil War conference of the Historical Society of Carroll County (MD),
the Maryland Early Brass Festival at Goucher College in Baltimore, the opening of the John Wilkes Booth
Escape Route Civil War Trail in Southern Maryland, a public concert at the University of Maryland,
Baltimore County, and the 140th anniversary re-enactments of the Battle of Spotsylvania near
Fredericksburg, VA, and To the Gates of Washington (the Monocacy campaign), near Boonsboro, MD.
Other performances in 2004 included the Great American Brass Band Festival in Danville, KY, which
featured a joint concert with Saxton’s Cornet Band of Lexington, the Gettysburg Brass Band Festival, a
preservation concert at historic Mt. Zion Church in Aldie, VA, a concert for Charlestown Retirement
Community in Baltimore, and a very special guest appearance with the 12th New Hampshire Regiment
Serenade Band, performing music for the period Civil War wedding of band members Rebecca Doucette
and John Bieniarz at Ryegate, VT.
The Federal City Brass Band also performed at the 2004 annual Civil War Music Muster in Gettysburg, PA,
provided music for an official US Navy retirement ceremony, gave free public concerts at historic
Riversdale House Museum in Prince George’s County, MD, and at the Denton, MD Civil War Living History
Weekend, and made a guest appearance with the Excelsior Cornet Band of Syracuse, NY at the New York
State Fair. On Remembrance Day the band joined forces with several members of the 12th New Hampshire
Regiment Serenade Band to perform music for morning ceremonies, march in the parade, and present a
free afternoon concert dedicated to the memory of Don Hubbard.
