Benfield Brass Band

Benfield Brass Band is a traditional British style brass band formed in 1998 by Dave Ingalls, a well-known music educator in Anne Arundel County .  The band has grown from the original 21 members to the current roster of 37 members.

In the British style, the band is composed entirely of brass and percussion instruments.  The  instrumentation consists of cornets, flugelhorn, tenor horns, baritones, euphoniums, trombones and basses, as well as percussion. 

Benfield Brass Band is a non-profit volunteer organization which performs a limited number of concerts in the Anne Arundel County vicinity, as well as at the annual Gettysburg Brass Band Festival held in June each year.  Many of the band members play together in other local instrumental groups, and the band has several “family” members playing.  The band comes together in the spring and plays through midsummer.

Ray Ascione, Conductor for the band, is a retired Navy Commander who, in his 35 years of active naval duty, served as Leader of the U.S. Naval Academy Band and Assistant Leader of the Navy Band in Washington, DC, among other assignments.  Since retiring in the Annapolis area, he remains active musically as a performer, educator and consultant.  

Concerts for 2008