• Why Join the NSBA?

    1. Because you are a band director, a band supporter, a musician, or someone who works in the music industry.

    2. It is a great opportunity to share ideas, experience, music, and stories about your programs.

    3. Members of NSBA are also members of CBA - the Canadian Band Association

    4. The CBA provides our Honour Ensembles - Nova Scotia Youth Wind Ensemble, Nova Scotia Junior Wind Ensemble and Nova Scotia Honours Jazz - with liability insurance for NSBA members' students.

      Students in Honour Ensembles - or their Band Director - must be members of the NSBA as they must have liability insurance.

    5. You will have access to the Canadian Band Association Directory; connecting you with colleagues across the country for exchanges or simply finding where your friends are living.

    6. You will receive Canadian Winds (twice a year), a professional national publication from CBA. It is full of interesting articles, music reviews, stories, pedagogy and inspiration! These articles are written by CBA members from across the country offer great insight into all aspects of banding.

    7. You will also receive (twice a year) The Fanfare - the NSBA's publication with articles and information from around the province

    8. Members are able to send students at a reduced rate to the NSBA Awards Luncheon. You can honour a student from your band program. You can purchase a plaque for the student and a keeper plaque for the school (reduced pricing for NSBA members).

      The luncheon - with a guest speaker - has been held at the Holiday Inn in Halifax the last few years.

    9. Learn what other schools are programming on their concerts, what they do for fundraisers, where they are traveling and what type of venues they are playing in.

    10. Information on post-secondary institutions and the programs they offer.

    11. Your students may be eligible for a $500 James Hargreaves Memorial Scholarship.

    12. We recognize outstanding educators and performers with the NSBA Honourary Lifetime Achievement Award. Recipients of this award are always extremely humbled and honoured when they are recognized by our association. Without the NSBA, who will recognize these outstanding role models in our profession?

    13. Being a member of the NSBA shows that you have a common bond and share common beliefs with many others in our province. The stronger our membership becomes, the more opportunities we will have for our members and our students.

    14. For industry professionals, NSBA membership offers a great network to promote your product or service.

    15. Other Interests of the Nova Scotia Band Association include:

      • Tuba Festival

      • Ron MacKay Beginner Band Festival

      • List of clinicians

      • Awards luncheon

    Membership dues are $40.00 per year.
    Have your Band Parents' Association pay the dues for you!

    Please complete the registration form send to Kay Greene at:

    NS Band Association
    attn: Kay Greene, Treasurer
    3438 Highway 215
    Centre Burlington, Hants Co., NS
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