Since the COVID-19 pandemic, Minnesota Brass has performed as a member of the SoundSport division under Drum Corps International.

It also sponsors several indoor groups that currently compete in Winter Guard International under the MBI designation.

Minnesota Brass was founded in 1946 as the Cecil Kyle Legion Corps.

In 1980, the organization adopted the name Minnesota Brass, Inc. Today, Minnesota Brass, Inc. is a non-profit performing arts organization based in St. Paul, Minnesota that operates five separate performing ensembles: Minnesota Brass (all-age drum and bugle corps), MBI Winter Guard, MBI Indoor Percussion, and MBI Winds The all-age drum and bugle corps is the largest and most well known of the organization's ensembles.

In 2011, Minnesota Brass won its first DCA Open Class World Championship title.