The Pinettes Brass Band, the world’s only female brass band, was formed by Jeffery Herbert in 1991 from members of the St. Mary’s Academy Marching band. Beginning with 16 or more members, the Pinettes ended up with not only St. Mary’s females, but different females around the city. The band can be seen at many different venues, such as: The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, The Satchmo Festival, The Krewe of Muses parade, and the French Quarter Fest, just to name a few. The ladies also have a long resume around New Orleans for doing parties, weddings, conventions, funeral, etc… Today, the band is still on the journey of becoming the best in the industry and to take over this male dominated industry. The Pinettes Brass Band dream is to travel worldwide and to show everyone that music is definitely a universal language.