College Band Directors National Association records
Collection
0027-SCPA
The College Band Directors National Association (CBDNA) began its existence as a committee of the Music Educators National Conference (MENC). The Committee on College and University Music was so dominated by band directors in the mid-1930s that it soon became known as the Committee on College and University Bands. In the fall of 1938 that committee, under the leadership of William Revelli, met independently in Chicago. The group met again in December 1941 and formed the University and College Band Conductors Conference. The name of the organization was changed to the College Band Directors National Association in 1947. The archives contain administrative records, correspondence and information bulletins, membership listings, financial records, committee reports, surveys, questionnaires, publications, articles, conference programs and proceedings, photographs, and oral histories related to the CBDNA's mission of the teaching, performance, study and cultivation of music, with particular focus on the wind band milieu. More details about the organization of this collection can be found here.
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17.25 Linear Feet
The College Band Directors National Association records cover the period from 1939 to 2011; the bulk of the materials date from 1951 to 1986. The records consist of personal papers, correspondence, official organizational documents, published writings, minutes, proceedings, and programs. The materials within the collection relate to the CBDNA’s officers, committees and their activities as administrators; its work in music education and its relation to the MENC; research into band performance and directing; surveys of college band directors; and national and divisional conference materials.
The College Band Directors National Association (CBDNA) began as a committee within the Music Educators National Conference (MENC), called the Committee on College and University Music. By the mid-1930s, the band directors' presence within the committee was so strong that it became known as the Committee on College and University Bands. In 1938, the committee first met separately from the MENC and in 1941 created the University and College Band Conductors Conference. The organization changed its name to the current College Band Directors National Association in 1947.
The organization's activities emphasize the teaching, performance, study, and cultivation of music, especially within the wind band medium. Its members are devoted to the College Band and its service to its institutions and the art form.
This collection is organized into eight record groups.
The CBDNA records started in 1989 and receive periodic accruals.
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