In addition to supporting a national professional association for bands and band music, the benefits of membership in the National Band Association include:
- Subscription to The Instrumentalist – official monthly magazine for all Individual, Student, Institutional, and Corporate memberships
- Subscription to The NBA Journal – published quarterly (both hard and electronic copies)
- Access to valuable resources including the NBA Membership Directory and the Selective Music Lists (Concert Music and Concert Marches)
- Access to NBA Awards for your students, parents, and administrators – all free to NBA members
- Access to teaching materials posted on the NBA website
- Access to mentors and mentor programs
- Support of new music created specifically for bands of all levels and experience through our composition contests
- Support of young conductors and young composers interested in wind bands through our mentor projects
- Support of bands and band music of all types and levels through our concert band symposiums