The band, which consists of both professional and non-professional musicians, performs several concerts each year all throughout western North Carolina.
[1] The current Director of Music of the Smoky Mountain Brass Band is Casey Coppenbarger.
[3] The Smoky Mountain Brass Band was founded in April, 1981, by Richard Trevarthen and a small group of musicians from western North Carolina after attending a brass band workshop at NC State University.
[4] Since then, the Smoky Mountain Brass Band has been active, performing concerts and participating in competitions and festivals.
In its first two years, the band performed more than 20 concerts, including at the 1982 World's Fair and the Fifth Annual British Band Festival at NC State University.