INFORMATION & LINKS

Association of Concert Bands provides many resources. Some of these resources are available to members only and some are available to all.

ACB Blanket Performance License – The Association of Concert Bands has negotiated a Blanket performance license with ASCAP and BMI at a reduced rate to help community ensembles acting as a concert band to be compliant with copyright law when providing concerts. Learn more here

Copyright Information  - This page describes the various types of copyright permissions that need to be considered and respected when performing concert band music.  Learn more here

Find-A-Band Directory – This directory has information that may be useful for people looking for a band to play in. The bands listed in Find-A-Band are subset of ACB member bands providing more details on joining and contacting those bands. See the directory here.

Journal Index By Topic – The ACB Journal is published three times a year. Here is a listing of articles that have been published over time, including the predecessor publication The Advance going back to 2003. See the index here

Honor Flights – The Association of Concert Bands encourages member bands to play Honor Flight Network departures or arrivals in nearby cities. To further assist with this mission, Jerry Brubaker, former U.S. Navy band arranger, has arranged medium easy arrangements of the five major service songs in stand-alone versions. Learn more here.

Links – These links are to outside entities that our members and those interested in the concert band world might find interesting.  See here

The United States Army Field Band "Virtual Music Classroom" - this resource has been shared with members of ACB and our audience by Col. Keene of the The United States Army Field Band .  To learn more see here.