Golden State British Brass Band

The Golden State British Brass Band, a non-profit, community organization, was founded in 1996 by Penny Dodd and Norm & Linda Taylor, and endeavors to rehearse, perform, and record music written and arranged in the traditional British Brass Band style. The band attracts its membership from all over the greater Los Angeles, California, USA region.

Norm and Linda Taylor spent part of the summer of 2006 pursuing the brass band lifestyle in the United Kingdom. Read all about their experiences here.

Here is a list of our musicians. We also have a photo album. Our history is summarized on this page.

For the week of 1-27-08 we are the featured podcast performance at www.brasscast.com. Hear 22 minutes of us performing, along with a brief interview with Jack Hollander. Download it to your computer as an mp3 directly from the brasscast.com website.

The band normally rehearses on the second and fourth Sundays of each month, and performs at various venues 8-10 times annually. Rehearsals are held at Kennedy High School in La Palma, California. See the schedule page for more details, times, and directions.

Hear the band perform Carmina Burana Fanfare (mp3, 1.4MB) at the CMEA convention in Sacramento in March 2006.

...is available here.

Saturday, November 22, 2008

Concert at Glendora Baptist Church. Time TBA, but probably late afternoon or evening.

Sunday, December 14, 2008

4:00 PM performance at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church in Fullerton.

Our performance history, complete with programs, is listed on our events page, for the curious.

For further information about GSBBB please write or call:
Golden State British Brass Band
2070 E. Cienega Ave.
Covina, CA 91724
(626) 339-2414
or send email to Norm & Linda Taylor or Penny Dodd. A demo CD is also available - contact us.

...have been moved to their own page now.