ACB Connects! is a series of live sessions to connect with our members. These sessions started as a way to share current resources and ways to adjust to necessary restrictions with sessions focused on topics related to COVID-19 research and recommendations and have now moved on to include other topics of interest to community bands and their members.
NEXT SESSION
"Conductors Round Table" March 12, 2023 - 4pm Eastern
ACB conductors from ACB Bands around the country discuss topics of interest to community bands.
registration will be announced soon
ACB Connects! Promotional Video
ARCHIVED SESSIONS
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ACB Connects! 2023 Sessions
Session 1: January 29, 2023
"Community Music Can Save the World"
Presentation by Dr. Cynthia Johnston Turner, Dean of the Faculty of Music at Wilfrid Laurier University
Conversation between Tom Rotondi and Paul Murtha about a variety of topics, including his start in community bands and approach to composing and arranging.
"THE BANDS PLAYED ON: ACB Community Bands Transposing into a New Reality”
Speakers from: Greater Des Moines Community Band, Irish Symphonic Wind Orchestra, Rancho Cordova River City Concert Band, Rancho Cordova, and St Johnsbury Band, St Johnsbury, Vermont, United States