The Spires Brass Band was organized in 1993 by its music director John Slezak. It was organized to enrich the cultural life of the community by performing traditional and contemporary brass band music in accord with the highest standards of excellence and to give its members the opportunity to participate in music making of the highest caliber.

The band annually performs a series of four formal concerts in Frederick, Maryland, and also performs several hymn concerts at area churches. Additionally, the band performs for civic functions throughout the year, competes in the NABBA North American Brass Band Championships and participates annually in the Gettysburg Brass Band Festival.

Highlights of the band's 16 year history include performing on the Today show in 1995, with Willard Scott, as part of the 250th Anniversary of the City of Frederick. In 2001 the band entered its first NABBA Championship contest in the Challenge Section and won 1st place. The band also won the Challenge Section Championship (now designated 2nd section) in 2003, 2005, 2008 and 2010. In the nine years the band has competed in NABBA it has won 5 Championships, 2 Second Places, 1 Third Place and 1 Fourth Place. The band was chosen in 2006 to perform for the Maryland Music Educators Annual State Conference in Baltimore.

In November 2009 the band was selected to perform in the premiere performance of For the People, an oratorio written for brass band, woodwind octet, and soloists by John William Jones, Professor of Music at Gettysburg College. This work was dedicated to the Civil War Institute at Gettysburg College for the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Celebration.

Guest artists who have performed with Spires include trumpeters Allen Vizzutti, Vince DiMartino, Gabriel DiMartino and Chris Jaudes, trombonist Herb Bruce, tubists Marty Erickson and Stacy Baker. The band also featured mezzo soprano vocalists Tracie Luck and Sara Dell'Omo, Leigh Ann Hinton, Holly Bingham, tenor Robert Baker and baritone Kevin Bennear. Most recently, the band featured White House pianist and Marine Band member, AnnaMaria Mottola.