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2019 NYSB Composer Contest

The New York Staff Band is pleased to announce the second annual NYSB Composer Contest (Christmas). Below you will find a description of the guidelines, eligibility and submission requirements for the competition. Please direct all [...]

NYSB 132nd Annual Festival w/ Wycliffe Gordon

The band is pleased to announce that Wycliffe Gordon will be featured as the guest soloist at this year's Annual Festival. Wycliffe Gordon is a jazz trombonist extraordinaire. A veteran member of the Wynton Marsalis [...]

News: Personnel Update / Recording

NEW APPOINTMENTS Before the Christmas break, Bandmaster Lance announced several new appointments - Simon Morton is appointed as Deputy Bandmaster, Aaron Harris as Band Chorus Leader, and Peter Vaughan as Band Sergeant. Simon is [...]

Christmas Report 2018

By Fred Mbesi (Regional Music Director, Pendel Division) The New York Staff Band’s annual Christmas festival has been a highly-anticipated and well-attended event for years, with this year being no exception. After a morning of [...]

Future All-Stars 2019 Results

The New York Staff Band is pleased to announce the results for the 16th annual Future All-Stars weekend, March 22-24, 2019. FAW 2019 is intended for Salvationist musicians aged 13 to 18 and will consist [...]

Massachusetts Ministry Weekend Report

NYSB Visits Massachusetts Division November 16-18, 2018 - The November ministry weekend saw the band travel to the Massachusetts Division with stops in Worcester, Canton, Boston, and Brockton, where we were busy and well utilized. [...]

CSB 50 Weekend Information

In March 2019, the New York Staff Band will be heading to Toronto to participate in the Canadian Staff Band's 50th Anniversary Celebration, along with the Chicago Staff Band, USA Southern Territorial Band, and the USA [...]

Massachusetts Ministry Weekend

This weekend, the band will be ministering in Massachusetts. The main concert will be on Saturday, November 17 at 7:00 PM inside HISTORIC Faneuil Hall in Boston, Massachusetts. Admission is $10 at the door. For more [...]

NYSB Christmas Concert

This Christmas, the band will share the stage with the Brass Quintet of New York, featuring musicians from the New York Philharmonic Orchestra and New York Ballet. The concert will be held at Bethlehem Evangelical [...]

Lancaster Ministry Weekend Report

"I LOVE WATCHING YOU PLAY" by Staff Bandsman Karen Shaffstall October 19-21, 2018 The New York Staff Band just returned from a great weekend in the Pendel Division and more specifically, at the Lancaster [...]

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