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Dublin Youth Brass Band
Dublin, OH
About
Dublin Youth Brass Band (DYBB) was created by the Dublin Community Bands in 2014 and provides a unique opportunity for all students to experience a traditional British brass band. Originally started as a yearly summer workshop, the band was expanded in 2023 to also have a brass and percussion day and full winter/spring term. DYBB students work with and frequently play next to members of the award-winning Dublin Silver Band (DSB) and Dublin Metro Brass (DMB). These adult mentors help from within the section, run sectionals, and serve as examples of lifelong music makers. DYBB is a payment optional band, which means that all families have the option to pay what fits within their budget with no questions asked. Additionally, all brass band-specific instruments are provided for free. DYBB strives to remove the barrier of finances in extracurricular music-making to truly make quality music education inclusive. The ensemble is generously supported in part by the Dublin Arts Council. DYBB has performed at the Ohio Brass Arts Festival, Dublin Festival of Brass, and the Dublin Brass Band Showcase. This will be the Dublin Youth Brass Band’s second appearance at the NABBA Championships.
Musical Director
Dr. Amy Schumaker Bliss
Dr. Amy Schumaker Bliss has built a career that combines her love for performing with her love for teaching music. She plays solo euphonium in Dublin Silver Band and Athena Brass Band, an all-star British brass band featuring women brass and percussion players from around the world. She is in demand nationwide as a clinician, teacher, and euphonium soloist and has an in-person and online studio of low brass and music theory students. Amy’s children's book, Amy's Brass Band, is surpassing all expectations of popularity and introducing the genre to a whole new generation of future musicians. Amy attended Capital University Conservatory of Music in Columbus where she double majored in euphonium performance and music education, studying with Dr. Thomas Zugger and James Swearingen. She earned her master’s degree in euphonium performance studying with Steven Mead and David Thornton at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, England where she earned Honors with Distinction in Performance. While at the RNCM, Amy minored in sight-reading research, music education in the community, and music journalism. In 2015, she graduated from Rutgers University as the school's first doctoral euphonium student, where she studied with Dr. Stephen Arthur Allen and was mentored by Aaron VanderWeele. Amy lives just outside of Columbus, Ohio with her husband Adam and two sons.