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The Hannaford Street Silver Band is Toronto's award winning professional brass band and resident company of the St Lawrence centre for the Arts. The HSSB was formed in 1983 by a group of professional musicians with a love of the brass band repertoire and ensemble playing. Since then the band has been reinvigorating the brass band tradition to critical and popular acclaim. It's mission is to honor the traditions of this art form and at the same time place it in a contemporary context with a unique Canadian point of view, The HSSB has redefined what a brass band is capable of doing by facilitating innovative creative projects and collaboration with the very best of Canada's diverse cultures and outstanding artists.