Since 1986 Boston Brass has set out to establish a one-of-a-kind musical experience featuring colorful classical arrangements, burning jazz standards, and the best of original brass repertoire. Boston Brass treats audiences to a unique brand of musical entertainment that bridges the ocean of classical formality to delight regular concertgoers and newcomers alike with great music and boisterous fun in performances across all 50 U.S. states and over 30 countries to date.

José Sibaja brings an incredible level of artistry, humor and personality to Boston Brass. José has held positions in the Miami Symphony, the Sinfonieta de Caracas and the Orquesta Sinfonica Venezuela, and has performed as soloist with the Springfield Symphony, Orquesta Sinfonica Venezuela, and Orquesta Sinfonica Nacional de Costa Rica. He toured the world in Ricky Martin’s band for 8 years and can be heard in countless recordings with artists such as Celia Cruz, Gloria Estefan, and Alejandro Sanz, and has performed on Late Night with David Letterman, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Saturday Night Live, and the Grammys. José is currently Professor of Trumpet at the Blair School of Music, Vanderbilt University in Nashville.

Jeff Conner is the only remaining original member of Boston Brass. He founded the group with fellow Boston musicians while studying at Boston University and has engineered the meteoric rise of the ensemble in the world of popular chamber music. Jeff received his master’s degree in music from Boston University and his bachelor’s degree in music from Boston Conservatory. He has presented his Entreprenurial Clinic “The Portfolio Musician” around the world and is the author of The Portfolio Musician: Case Studies in Success, with co-author Grammy-nominated musician John Laverty.

Chris Castellanos hails from Las Vegas where he studied at UNLV and was formerly a member of the Las Vegas Philharmonic. Chris has shared the stage with the Utah Symphony, Miami Ballet, Rodney Marsalis Philadelphia Big Brass, Nevada Chamber Orchestra, Las Vegas Jazz Connection, and the TAD Wind Symphony of Japan. In Vegas, Chris has played over 1,700 performances of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Phantom – The Las Vegas Spectacular and backed artists like Frank Sinatra Jr., Tony Bennett, Johnny Mathis, Peter Cetera, Peabo Bryson, Kenny G, Robert Goulet, Olivia Newton-John, Placido Domingo, Luciano Pavarotti, Michel Legrand, Mannheim Steamroller, Yes, Josh Groban, Michael Bublé, Charlotte Church, Ricky Martin, David Foster, and Andrea Bocelli.