Winter Finale & Spring Preview
Join us this Sunday, April 2nd for our winter finale featuring MBI Indoor Percussion and MBI Winter Guard. Our winter drumline and winter guard are both on incredible trajectories, poised to make an...
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Winter Guard Brings Home Silver
MBI Winter Guard capped its 2017 competition season with sterling second-place finish at the WGI World Championships in Dayton, Ohio, on April 7. It was the second time a unit from Minnesota has won a...
View Article‘The Cork’ enshrined in Drum Corps Hall
Longtime Minnesota drum corps enthusiast – performer, instructor, judge, supporter – John “Corky” Whitlock was recently elevated into full membership in the World Drum Corps Hall of Fame. He has been...
View ArticleMaki’s smile shone brightly on MBI
If Dick Maki had a trademark, it had to be his blindingly bright, toothy and ever-present smile. And he almost lost that. Longtime Minnesota Brass trumpet soloist Roger Grupp said he first met Maki...
View ArticleFriends & Family Preview Sunday, June 11th
Minnesota Brass invites you to preview our 2017 program Pins & Needles this Sunday, June 11th at Brooklyn Center High School. Friends and family of Minnesota Brass and its members, staff and...
View ArticleMBI salutes 2017 DCI participants
As Drum Corps International moves into the final weekend of its 45th anniversary, Minnesota Brass salutes and congratulates past members who are participating in this year’s World Championships. You...
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Minnesota Brass Announces 2018 Leadership Team
The board of directors of Minnesota Brass Inc., a St. Paul-based performing-arts organization, has selected the organization’s senior leadership to maximize talent and better meet the needs of its...
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Minnesota Brass Announces 2018 Brass Staff Leadership
Former Drum Corps Associates (DCA) World Champions Minnesota Brass has named its brass leadership team for the 2018 season. Dr. Ward Miller will serve as Brass Arranger and Educational Advisor, Roque...
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2017 Awards Announced at Minnesota Brass Banquet
Minnesota Brass celebrated the 2017 season of the drum corps on Friday evening, November 3. Kirk ‘Tiny’ Fladung received Minnesota Brass’s highest honor, the Brassy, after years of service and...
View ArticleDesign Team Creates ‘What’s Next’ for Minnesota Brass
Minnesota Brass Drum and Bugle Corps has announced its design team for the 2018 season. Todd Tanji, executive director, will serve as staff coordinator for the program and lead a highly experienced...
View ArticleMBI opens auditions for drum majors
If you can take direction as well as give it, have a talent for leadership – and are a little stage-struck, too – Minnesota Brass has a job for you. “We are totally excited to have the opportunity to...
View ArticleThe New Year Brings a New Schedule
Minnesota Brass, the Midwest’s premiere all-age drum and bugle corps, will adopt a weekend-based rehearsal schedule for 2018. The change will expand the geographical reach of the organization by...
View ArticleIn 2018 Minnesota Brass Will Perform ‘Between the Lines’
Why do two colors, one put next to the other, sing? ~ Pablo Picasso Minnesota Brass Drum and Bugle Corps is excited to announce our 2018 production, BETWEEN THE LINES, featuring the following musical...
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Minnesota Brass to join Super Bowl festivities
Minnesota Brass, Minnesota’s premiere all-age marching-arts group and former world champion drum and bugle corps, will perform at festivities leading up to Super Bowl LII in Minneapolis. “We’re excited...
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Color Guard and Visual Caption Heads Named
As it continues to build its 2018 educational team, Minnesota Brass is pleased to announce the hiring of Jordan Warfield and Teran Keith as visual caption and color-guard caption heads, respectively....
View ArticleMBI kicks off 2018 with open house, auditions
And we’re off! Minnesota Brass headed “Between the Lines” on Feb. 11 as some 50 prospective performers – both rookies and returning vets – showed up at Brooklyn Center High School for auditions and the...
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Free and Fun? You Betcha
Thursday, February 15, at Brooklyn Center High School (Brooklyn Center High School, 6500 Humboldt Ave N, Brooklyn Center, MN 55430), Band Director, Michael Reed, and in partnership with Minnesota...
View ArticleMinnesota Brass Drum and Bugle Corps to go Inactive in 2018
The Minnesota Brass, Inc. leadership and its board of directors have decided not to field a competitive drum and bugle corps for the 2018 summer season. Despite the outstanding work of the artistic...
View ArticleMBI Exploring SoundSport participation
Minnesota Brass has announced it is considering fielding a SoundSport (SoundSport.com) team for 2018. SoundSport, a program of Drum Corps International (DCI), is designed to provide unique performance...
View ArticleConduct Review Committee Updates MBI Stakeholders
Minnesota Brass Inc. (MBI) has recently reaffirmed its commitment to a safe environment for all members and staff. MBI has since established a Conduct Review Committee (CRC) to review any and all...
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