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07/08/2025

04/25/2025

Come join us for a free Eugene Symphonic Band pops concert on May 18. Our guest soloist will be !!

03/21/2025

Check out the new article "Guide to Pitch Tendencies for Band" in Bandworld Magazine. ABC master's candidate Abigail Judy created an excellent guide to pitch tendencies for woodwinds in a band setting. This model master's thesis project contains over 500 pages (including a full score) of valuable material to use with your band students. Great job, Abigail! We are proud of all your hard work on this impressive project.

Article A Guide to Pitch Tendencies for Band A Guide to Pitch Tendencies for Band By Abigail Judy - March 20, 2025 Share Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email Editor’s note: This excerpt from a complete master’s degree thesis project earned a “Model Project” distinction at the American Band Colle...

07/10/2024

Thank you Brian Balmages and Carol Brittin Chambers for such a great ending to this year’s !!

07/07/2024

Thank you ABC 2024 staff for all your amazing work this summer at the ! I can’t thank you enough for all that you do to help the guest clinicians, the students, and the admin. team. You are all the BEST!! ❤️

06/28/2024

Thank you Frank Ticheli, Paula Crider, Jose Sibaja, Cynthia Johnston Turner, and Jay Gephart for making our June 26th American Band College concert so special!! You are all such amazing educators. Thank you for being in my life!! ❤️

02/06/2024

Need help with your woodwinds? Check out this article written by Randall Spicer from 1962. Lots of excellent ideas to share with your flutes, clarinets, bass clarinets, and saxophone players.

ABA Training The Woodwind Section In Full Band Rehearsal Training The Woodwind Section In Full Band Rehearsal By Randall Spicer - February 6, 2024 Share Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email (Reprinted from G. Leblanc Corporation article from 1962) The proper use of rehearsal techniques will result in an...

09/28/2023

Check out the new Bandworld Top 100 list! Lots of outstanding pieces on the list again!

Looking for some new music for your band program? Check out the ABC/WIBC/Bandworld Magazine New Top 100 list for the 2023-24 school year. A big shout-out to all publishers and composers who have supported this project over the past 25+ years!

The 2023-24 Top 100 list and past lists can be found here:
https://www.bandworld.org/Magazine2/Top100.aspx

07/20/2023

Had such a great time at the American Band College this summer. Thank you guest clinicians and staff for making ABC so special this summer!!

03/14/2023

Looking for some new music for your next concert? Check out the most recent article in Bandworld Magazine about our Top 100 New Music Project.

Article Bandworld Top 100 Project Bandworld Top 100 Project By Deb Knisely - February 8, 2023 Share Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email OK, so why write an article about a list? Well, I come from the band director world, and I have referenced this list more times than I can remember. It is quite a valu...

03/13/2023

Check out the new Jazz Pedagogy article by Dr. Heavner.

Article Jazz Jazz Pedagogy: Learning to Subtone, Growl, and Use Split Tones to Enhance... Jazz Pedagogy: Learning to Subtone, Growl, and Use Split Tones to Enhance Jazz Saxophone Performance By Dr. Tracy Heavner - March 10, 2023 Share Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email Introduction When playing in the...

10/04/2022

Robert W. Smith’s pieces “The Wayfaring Stranger” and “A Holst Hymn” both made Bandworld’s Top 100 concert band compositions of 2022!

Check it out here: http://www.rwsmusic.com/RWS-publications/the-wayfaring-stranger-mvt-1-from-the-american-folk-odyssey-2/