The City of Cambridge Brass Band is one of East Anglia's premier bands with a history going back to 1900. Equally at home in the concert hall and the village green our vision is to translate the community-focused values of traditional brass band origins into the modern era. Our aim is to create charity fundraising events and offer our support, free of charge where possible, to charities and other local causes to help make a real difference in our community. We also have a commitment to the development of young brass talent in the Cambridgeshire region though our Youth Academy and Training Band programmes. In an environment where music teaching is increasingly under threat we aim to encourage school age students to take up a brass instrument, even providing instruments on loan where students are not able to afford their own. The programme offers regular performance opportunities, workshops and masterclasses to develop ensemble skills and musicality. Finally, we aim to promote the development of the brass band genre and have commissioned a number of new works in recent years by well-known composers like Robert Saxton, Christopher Gunning and Martyn Harry. We aim to produce a formal concert series every year to promote brass band music to a new audience.