The Benfield Brass Band is a non-profit volunteer organization which performs a number of concerts annually in the Annapolis/Baltimore area, as well as at the annual Gettysburg Brass Band Festival held in June each year in Gettysburg, PA. Many of the band members play together in other local instrumental groups, and the band has several family members playing. The band comes together in the fall and plays through midsummer. Ray Ascione, Conductor for the band, is a retired Navy Commander who, in his 35 years of active naval duty, served as Leader of the U.S. Naval Academy Band and Assistant Leader of the Navy Band in Washington, DC, among other assignments. Since retiring in the Annapolis area, he remains active musically as a performer, educator and consultant.

The band was formed in 1998 to attend the first Gettysburg Brass Band Festival and we have performed there nearly every year since. The main purpose of the band is to provide the opportunity for brass players in the area to experience playing in a British Style brass band. Over the years the band has gradually grown in size and skill. The band has reached a size pretty close to the limit, but we continue to improve the quality of our playing. BBB is not a contesting band which allows us to grow our membership beyond the typical contesting sized British band.