The Dublin Silver Band is a traditional

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based out of Dublin, Ohio as one of the four Dublin Community Bands, a

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arts organization. It was created by former

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director Dr. Paul Droste and tuba player Dr. Patrick Herak as the Ohio Brass Band in 2008 as a way for high-level non-professional musicians to preserve the British brass band style of music in central Ohio. The name was changed upon joining the Dublin Community Bands. The band is directed by Tim Jameson, father of euphonium player

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and aspiring composer Joshua Tyler Jameson. The band follows the rich British brass band tradition of competition against other brass bands year-round, in various types of contests such as the

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Championships, a technical contest in late winter to early spring, the Ohio Brass Arts Festival in early summer, and the

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, an entertainment-style contest in mid-autumn. By having won the 2015 US Open Brass Band Championship, the Dublin Silver Band received and invitation to compete at the 40th annual

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, and the

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. In representing the US abroad, the group has performed with th
Dublin Concert Band
as well as served as ambassadors of the musical style to children of th
St. Helen's Youth Brass Band
and to the small mining town of

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External links

Dublin Silver Band's website

Dublin Concert Band

St. Helen's Youth Brass Band

References

British brass bands