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.
"Community Music Can Save the World" January 29, 2023 - 4pm Eastern
Dr. Cynthia Johnston Turner, Dean of the Faculty of Music at Wilfrid Laurier University, in Waterloo, Ontario joins ACB President Gail Brechting for a conversation. Turner will share experiences and discuss ways community music is so important.
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ACB Connects! 2022 Sessions
Session 1: January 18, 2022
“Learn How to Use Endowments to Help Fund Your Band”
Presentation by Heidi Sytsema, Vice President of Development and Donor Services
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