P.E.I.’s only full brass band celebrates 10-year anniversary [Video]

Prince Edward Island’s only full brass brand is celebrating its 10-year anniversary Sunday evening with a concert at Zion Presbyterian Church in Charlottetown.

The Great George Street Brass Band — named after the historic Charlottetown street of the same name — has been making music since 2015, and is one of only a few full brass bands in existence in the Maritimes. 

“It’s a unique style,” said Ken Mayhew, one of the group’s founding members. “You can’t hear it anywhere else on the Island.

“We mostly do this for our own entertainment, but when we can share it with other people that’s a really important part of the whole thing, too.” 

The brass band’s concert repertoire includes traditional brass band numbers, as well as some contemporary numbers that have been arranged for brass band instruments, Mayhew said. 

“The idea is to give our audience a wide selection of what we …