2021MembershipMeeting

April 25, 2021, 4pm Eastern Daylight Time
“ACB General Membership Meeting”

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Every year, ACB holds an informational meeting for the entire membership of the Association. Usually this happens at the national convention, but this year, it will be a virtual event! Every ACB member is invited to attend. All members of ACB Member Bands are welcome to attend this event.

During this General Membership Meeting, there’ll be time for greeting your ACB friends. There will be a special presentation of the “Showcase of Bands” which features more than 30 of our ACB member bands and includes an encore performance of the 2014 Convention Band. During the meeting segment, you’ll hear from our current officers and board members and you’ll witness the New Officers and New Board members as they take their oaths of office. Then to complete the program, awards will be presented, we’ll hear from the Santa Fe, New Mexico 2022 Convention Committee, and we’ll welcome a special guest speaker, Keith Kelly, one of the founding members of the Irish Symphonic Wind Orchestra and host of the Global Bandroom Podcast.

You won’t want to miss this special event!

Meeting included presentations from:

ACB President
Susan Sands

ACB President-Elect
Gail Brechting

ACB Secretary
Nada Montgomery

ACB Treasurer
Craig Erhard

ACB Membership Chair
Sarah McElfresh

Special Guest Speaker

Keith Keith Kelly -Keith Kelly, a former military musician and music school administrator, is a worldwide music creator/thinker. He manages a Facebook group titled Bands of Ireland and, due to the COVID19 lockdowns and the need to connect, Keith started The Global Bandroom Podcast discussing the struggle of community bands during this crisis.

SHOW CASE OF BANDS

Links presented during the Meeting

Aerosol studies and Covid Info:

"Aerosol Generation from Musical and Theatrical Performers and Risk of Infectious Disease Transmission." - (Univ. of Colorado at Boulder and Univ. and Maryland) and access the paper “Measurements and Simulations of Aerosol Released while Singing and Playing Wind Instruments" https://www.nfhs.org/articles/unprecedented-international-coalition-led-by-performing-arts-organizations-to-commission-covid-19-study
"Reducing Bioaerosol Emissions and Exposures in the Performing Arts: A Scientific Roadmap for a Safe Return from COVID-19." - (Colorado State University) https://smtd.colostate.edu/reducing-bioaerosol-emissions-and-exposures-in-the-performing-arts/
ACB Connects! Session on Aerosol Study (recording available)- https://www.acbands.org/acbconnects-session2-info
ACB COVID 19 forum - https://www.acbands.org/covid-19-and-bands-forum

ACB Financial Report - (requires member login)

ACB Copyright Pages:

General Overview: https://www.acbands.org/copyright
Print Rights: https://www.acbands.org/printrights
Blanket License: https://www.acbands.org/blanket-performance-license
Reference Cards:

Find-A-Band Directory: https://www.acbands.org/find-a-band-directory

Update Find-A-Band Listing: https://www.acbands.org/update-find-a-band (requires member login by a Band account)

Update Band Contact information: https://www.acbands.org/band-update-contact-information (requires member login by a Band account)

Update any contact information (all member types): https://www.acbands.org/my-profile (requires member login)

ACB Connects - https://www.acbands.org/acbconnects

ACB Connects! Series on Virtual Performances:

Part 1: Planning for Virtual Collaborations -https://www.acbands.org/acbconnects-2021-session2-info
Part 2: Virtual Concerts: Nuts & Bolts of Video Production - https://www.acbands.org/acbconnects-2021-session3-info
Part 3: Virtual Performances: Tips from the US Army Field Band - https://www.acbands.org/acbconnects-2021-session4-info
Part 4: Live Concerts During Covid -Thinking Outside the Stage will happen on May 16, 2021 4pm Eastern Registration information will be at https://www.acbands.org/acbconnects soon

New Mexico Convention 2022 - http://acb2022.org/

Global Bandroom: