The Austin Brass Band comprises local brass and percussion musicians in central Texas who are passionate about the British brass banding tradition. Founded in 2005, the band has entertained the Austin area for nearly two decades, performing at venues throughout central Texas. In 2019 they made their debut at the North American Brass Band Association Championships, and returned in 2024, earning high marks for their soloists. In May 2023, they were proud to be one of the founding bands at the inaugural Texas Brass Fest in Round Top, TX.
Our Mission
The Austin Brass Band is a 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to providing opportunities for professional and amateur brass and percussion players from the Austin and surrounding area to learn, perform, and share high quality British style brass band music with their community.
Our Conductor
Euphonium soloist, conductor and educator John Caputo is the Lecturer of
Euphonium and Trombone at the University of Texas at San Antonio. A sixteen-year veteran of the US Air Force Bands Program, he has built an international reputation for excellence as a performer and educator. As a chamber musician and clinician for the Air Force, he travelled to top university programs throughout the US with the USAF Reserve Brass Quintet. That quintet is featured on Firepower, which has played on NPR’s Performance Today over forty times in the last ten years.
John is a seasoned soloist, having performed numerous times in front of both the Band of the USAF Reserve and the USAF Band of the West, including a premiere performance of Eric Frank’s Watercolors at the International Euphonium Institute. John was also a critical member of the Georgia Brass Band, where he performed as their Solo Euphoniumist from 2003-2010. He was featured as a soloist with that band many times, including a performance at the 2011 Southeast Regional Tuba Euphonium Conference. John has given additional solo performances at the Great American Brass Band Festival, the Mid West and Southwest Regional Tuba Euphonium Conferences, and the Northwest Big Brass Bash.
Since retiring from active duty in 2015, John has become an active teacher and clinician throughout South Central Texas and Louisiana. He is currently the Music Director for the Austin Brass Band and the British Brass Band of Louisiana. John plays Solo Euphonium for the San Antonio Brass Band and is in demand as a Besson Performing Artist and Clinician throughout the US. He currently resides in San Antonio with his wife Elizabeth Jones and their cats Lily and Joey Pancakes.