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In America's heartland the Chicago Staff Band has come to represent the best in banding traditions
of The Salvation Army. It is composed of Salvation Army members from throughout metropolitan Chicago and as the Army's
principal ensemble of the Midwest, its innovative music is designed to inspire as well as entertain.
CSB members bring a diversity of background and vocation and work to honor God through the ministry of music.
The men and women of the band represent a variety of occupations and studies, including several who are employed
by The Salvation Army.
In addition to the Chicago Staff Band's demanding schedule, all members are active in their respective local Salvation
Army worship centers where many serve in key leadership positions. The band's engagements are normally limited to one
weekend each month, performing in concerts, worship services, clinics, parades and seasonal activities from September
through June with additional international tours scheduled typically every two or three years.
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| Since its founding in 1907, the CSB has traveled extensively throughout the United States and has also conducted concert
tours of the United Kingdom, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, Hong Kong, Singapore, Australia, Philippines, Chile, Jamaica,
Canada, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Korea and New Zealand.
The CSB has performed for college students, prison inmates, church congregations and hospital patients; music critics
and school children; in concert halls and on street corners; with professional symphony orchestras and other brass bands;
in small towns and in large cities.
Over its century-plus history, the Chicago Staff Band remains dedicated to Christian service and musical excellence.
It is a band composed of capable musicians, but more than that, it strives to live up to what was described by a Chicago
newsman many years ago as "the band with a sacred message".
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