NEWS
NYSB Bulletin Summer 2023
The latest NYSB bulletin pays tribute to former bandmasters of the New York Staff Band, Vernon Post and Brian Bowen. View the bulletin HERE.
Fall Festival with Charlie Green, NYSB, ETSS
Join us on Saturday, October 21, 2023 at 7:00pm at Montclair Citadel Corps (13 Trinity Pl. Montclair, NJ) for the Fall Festival. We are delighted to have vocal soloist [...]
Report: Old Orchard Beach Camp Meetings 2023
JULY 28 – AUGUST 1, 2023 – The Old Orchard Beach Camp Meetings have been a source of refreshment and blessing for countless Salvationists for decades and each year [...]
Old Orchard Beach Camp Meetings Livestream
Visit https://saconnects.org/oob/ for all of the livestreams of the Old Orchard Beach Camp Meetings starting next weekend, Saturday, July 29. Tuesday, August 1 • 7:00pm will be the final [...]
Concert with the Canadian Staff Songsters
Friday, July 28, 2023 • 7:00pm - New York Staff Band and Canadian Staff Songsters in concert at the Salvation Army Old Orchard Beach Corps. FREE Admission. More Information [...]
Report: Territorial Star Search 2023 and NYSB Creation Story
JUNE 10, 2023 – After months of preparation and competing at the divisional level of Star Search, over 1000 young people descended upon Hershey, Pennsylvania for the annual Territorial [...]
ABOUT NYSB
The New York Staff Band represents the finest in Christian brass band performance. Holding the distinction of being the first ‘staff band’ in Salvation Army [SA] music history, the NYSB meets the challenge of maintaining the highest standards of musical practice and Christian ministry expected of such a model group. When the band released its first 33-rpm ‘long play’ [LP] back in 1957 under Staff Bandmaster Richard Holz, it was heralded as ‘America’s Foremost Brass Band.’ The liner notes stated boldly: “From the ‘greatest city in the world’ comes one of the greatest bands of the world. The description of the band by a leading New York music critic over 70 years ago–“amateur musicians who play like professionals”–can easily be underscored and endorsed in the second decade of the 21st century. The NYSB has been and continues to be a trailblazer in SA and brass band music making.
