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The American Bandmasters Association <\/i><\/a><\/h4>\n

Founded in 1929, with John Philip Sousa as Honorary Life President, recognizes outstanding achievement on the part of Concert Band conductors and composers. The current membership (invitational) comprises approximately 300 band conductors and composers in the USA and Canada, and 80 Associate Members (music businesses and corporations that provide significant services to bands and to the publication of band music.)<\/p>\n

Association of Concert Bands <\/i><\/a><\/h4>\n

The purpose of ACB is to encourage and foster adult concert, community, municipal, and civic bands, and to ensure that each musician who wishes to perform may have that opportunity; every community may have the opportunity to take civic pride in its band; and citizens of the world community may enjoy live performances of band music.<\/p>\n

College Band Directors National Association <\/i><\/a><\/h4>\n

We affirm our faith in and our devotion to the College Band, which, as a serious and distinctive medium of musical expression, may be of vital service and importance to its members, its institution, and its art.<\/p>\n

The John Philip Sousa Foundation <\/i><\/a><\/h4>\n

is a non-profit foundation dedicated to the promotion of international understanding through the medium of band music. Through the administration of band related projects, the foundation seeks to uphold the standards and ideals of that icon of the American spirit, John Philip Sousa.<\/p>\n

Kappa Kappa Psi \u2013 Tau Beta Sigma <\/i><\/a><\/h4>\n

are honorary service organizations whose sole purpose is to serve the college or university band programs through service projects, fundraisers, social events and other projects as needed.<\/p>\n

The World Association for Symphonic Bands and Ensembles (WASBE) <\/i><\/a><\/h4>\n

is the only international organization of wind band conductors, composers, performers, publishers, teachers, instrument makers and friends of wind music. It is the only organization completely dedicated to enhancing the quality of the wind band throughout the world and exposing its members to new worlds of repertoire, musical culture, people and places.<\/p>\n

Woman Band Directors International <\/i><\/a><\/h4>\n

WBDI is an organization in which every woman band director is represented at the international level regardless of the length of her experience, or the level at which she works. It is the only international organization for women band directors, and is intended to serve as an association which supports, promotes, and mentors women in the band field.<\/p>\n

National Association for Music Education (NAfME) <\/i><\/a><\/h4>\n

NAfME is among the world\u2019s largest arts education organizations and is the only association that addresses all aspects of music education. NAfME advocates at the local, state, and national levels; provides resources for teachers, parents, and administrators; hosts professional development events; and offers a variety of opportunities for students and teachers.<\/p>\n

National Association of Music Parents (AMP) <\/i><\/a><\/h4>\n

AMP was formed in response to the increasing need for a national parental voice in support of music and the arts as an integral discipline within the education system in America. In addition, AMP addresses the very real need to inform parents of the benefits that music participation has for their children.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The American Bandmasters Association Founded in 1929, with John Philip Sousa as Honorary Life President, recognizes outstanding achievement on the part of Concert Band conductors and composers. The current membership (invitational) comprises approximately 300 band conductors and composers in the USA and Canada, and 80 Associate Members (music businesses and corporations that provide significant services […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":122,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nationalbandassociation.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/275"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nationalbandassociation.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nationalbandassociation.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nationalbandassociation.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nationalbandassociation.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=275"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nationalbandassociation.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/275\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nationalbandassociation.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nationalbandassociation.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}