Chamber music work plays a major role in the concept of the institute. The ensembles of the individual classes - trumpet ensemble, full horn ensemble, brass forest trombone ensemble, percussion ensemble, brass ensemble of the school musicians - are present with regular performances in the concert life of the region and beyond. Composition commissions and world premieres expand the repertoire of these formations. The Positively Brass&Percussion Ensemble performs the opening concert of the symposium every year and is conducted by various guest conductors.

In 2015, the professors and lecturers of the brass department developed a new concept for methodology training. The methodology lecturers for trumpet, horn and trombone hold interdisciplinary lectures and seminars for all brass methodology students and thus offer comprehensive training for modern music school operations, which require ever greater flexibility and diversity of skills. A special feature of this course are the excursions (e.g. Wild Wings Schwenningen ice hockey club, Federal Academy, Furtwangen Ski Jumping Performance Centre, Schwenningen Police College), which offer students insights into other forms of organisation, mental and psychological concepts and forms of training.