Made up of Chopin University of Music students and graduates, the Big Band has given performances with renowned artists such as Basia Trzetrzelewska, Krzesimir Dębski, Henryk Miśkiewicz, Dorota Miśkiewicz, Adam Sztaba, Zbigniew Namysłowski, Grupa MoCarta, Kuba Badach, Janusz Szrom, Wojciech Myrczek, Sławek Uniatowski, Vivian Buczek (Sweden), Katarzyna Cerekwicka, Łukasz Zagrobelny, Danuta Błażejczyk, and Anna Serafińska. The ChU Big Band has also collaborated with the eminent Grammy-winning US jazz musician, composer and arranger Gordon Goodwin, founder of Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band, with whom the Polish musicians gave concerts in France and Poland as part of the La Folle Journée’ Festival. 

In 2015 and 2017 the ensemble won the 1st Prize and Grand Prix of the Big Band Festival in Nowy Tomyśl. It has also appeared at such events as the Jazz Jamboree festival, Jazz Forum magazine’s 50th anniversary, Canal+ Oscar gala, and the Jan Kiepura Award Presentation gala at Warsaw Philharmonic.
Chopin University Big Band under Piotr Kostrzewa has recorded seven albums, released by Mirare, MTJ, Chopin University Press, and Polish Radio.