Member Benefits

By being a member of the Association of Concert Bands, you help support ACB activities and projects such as:

• Encourage and foster adult concert community, municipal, and civic bands
• Promote performance of the highest quality traditional and contemporary literature for bands
• Advocate on a national scale

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All members receive the following:

• A subscription to the ACB Journal magazine
• Periodic informational mailings
• Voting privileges
• The ability to participate in ACB Convention, as well as convention band (note: ACB Membership fees do not cover convention registration or associated expenses)
• Access to the ACB Membership Directory, as well as other online publications (hard copies available on request)
• Member discounts at participating suppliers
• Access to reference materials in member area of www.acbands.org
• Access to a toll-free number for questions and answers at 1-800-726-8720

What category of membership is right for you?  Complete a Membership Application or join online to join today!

ACB CONVENTION

• Held in a different location each year and hosted by a member band
• Band directors, members and managers, as well as music history leaders, administrators, and board members, meet to exchange personal views and share experiences
• Educational seminars and clinics
• Participate in the convention band led by well-known conductors
• Performance by selected community bands
• Networking among professional and fellow community band musicians

ACB JOURNAL

HERITAGE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BAND MUSIC

NAXOS MUSIC LIBRARY (NML) STREAMING SERVICE

ACB Individual, Student, Family, and Life members are able to obtain ID and Password for free NML Music Streaming.  For more information see here

"BLUEPRINT FOR STARTING AND MAINTAINING COMMUNITY BANDS" AND OTHER HELPFUL DOCUMENTS

• Available in the member area of the Association of Concert Bands web site
• Provides information on the establishment, funding, development and maintenance, and promotion of adult bands

ORGANIZATIONAL MEMBER BENEFITS

In addition to the member benefits stated above, organizational members have the opportunity to purchase an annual blanket performance license and an extremely reduced rate, and can register up to 4 band members at the ACB Member rate for the annual ACB convention.

ACB BLANKET LICENSE FOR BMI AND ASCAP

Performance rights to ACB dues-paying Organizational Members for annual fee of $225

FIND-A-BAND DIRECTORY

This Find-A-Band Directory lists bands that are members of Association of Concert Bands that have chosen to participate in this directory. It is searchable by Band Name, City, State, or you can enter your location and it will sort the bands by distance.  The purpose of the directory is to provide a little more information than just a website for musicians looking to find bands to play with or to easily compare multiple bands in the same area to find the band that is right for them. This directory does not list all of our members.  All ACB member bands are listed on a separate website with their city, state, and website where provided.

CORPORATE MEMBER BENEFITS

In addition to the member benefits stated above, corporate members are listed on our web site, may request one set of mailing labels and may send one email per year to ACB members. Corporate members also have the opportunity to purchase advertisements in the ACB Journal at a reduced rate and to rent exhibit space at the convention.

INTERNATIONAL MEMBERS