Fountain City Youth Brass Band (FCYBB)

Directors: Matt Willis and Helen Tyler
Tutors: Lee Harrelson, Matt Vangjel, Charles Page, Rob Foster, TJ Menges
This ensemble is for intermediate middle and high school players

Fountain City Academy Brass Band (FCABB)

Directors: Mark Norman and Helen Tyler
Tutors: Lee Harrelson, Matt Vangjel, Charles Page, TJ Menges, Matt Willis
This ensemble is for advanced middle and high school players

FCYBA AUDITION FORM

Season Tuition

- Youth Band Only = $80

- Youth Band + 5 Small group lessons = $120 (3-5 same ability students on like instruments for 30 minutes per lesson)

- Academy Band Only = $100

- Academy Band + 5 Small group lessons = $160 (2-3 same ability and students on like instruments for 30 minutes per lesson)

- Individual 30 minutes lessons = 3 sessions = $60

About the Fountain City Brass Band

2007, 2008 & 2009 North American Brass Band Champions
2007 & 2008 & 2009 U.S. Open Champions
2009 Scottish Open Brass Band Champions

International newcomer of the year 2007 nominee

Formed in 2002, The Fountain City Brass Band has made a meteoric rise to become one of Kansas City's most successful arts organisation for 2007.

This all volunteer ensemble is a cross section of professional musicians, college/university music professors/students, and music educators from across the Kansas City metro and from as far away as England.

In the late 19th Century, brass bands were one of the world's most widespread forms of amateur music making and in the US there were over 18,000 bands that made music accessible to the new working and middle. Mindful of its responsibility towards this rich, but now endangered historical tradition, the Fountain City Brass Band is committed to the revival of this genre.

Concert seasons provide an enjoyable mix of classical, film, jazz and pop favourites, and their ground-breaking Fountain City Youth Brass Academy, open to all brass and percussion players in the Kansas City area, is testament to the dedication and community spirit of the group.