Welcome
We Are CBDNA
The ultimate measure of a person is not where they stand in moments of comfort and convenience, but where they stand at times of challenge and controversy.
-Martin Luther King Jr.
This will be our reply to violence: to make music more intensely, more beautifully, more devotedly than ever before.
-Leonard Bernstein
I look forward to an America which will not be afraid of grace and beauty…an America which will reward achievement in the arts as we reward achievements in business and statecraft.
-John F. Kennedy
CBDNA COVID-19 Response Committee Report
Updated May 21, 2020
View the comprehensive report completed by the COVID-19 Response Committee.
2020 Virtual Athletic Band Symposium!
Virtual
May 28-29, 2020
This virtual symposium focused on how we can move forward under a variety of scenarios due to COVID-19 and included resources, ideas, and how we continue to maintain a sense of community as we focus efforts to keep music education alive in every rehearsal hall, classroom and marching band/football field across America.
Video from all sessions is available on the CBDNA Youtube channel and the CBDNA Athletic Band Facebook page.
CBDNA Journal
CBDNA Journal is a scholarly publication, published online, with a mission of providing a resource for qualitative, quantitative, historical, and theoretical research in the field of wind band performance, teaching, and advocacy.